God take Control

[Verse 1 – Mama, voice cracking]
12:01 and the year turned cold, I-49 was a sheet of black glass
Hunter breathing soft in the back, my whole world in a five-point harness
I was drowning in last year’s failures, whispering “I’m not enough” like a curse
Didn’t see the ice, only felt the spin, felt the end coming fast
Saw his first heartbeat on a screen, saw his last breath in my head
A scream ripped out of me that wasn’t human
I let go of the wheel and clawed at heaven with bloody, empty hands
[Verse 2 – Daddy, hoarse, shaking]
Your call at 12:03 shattered me, “Baby we’re alive but we almost weren’t”
I left the rig running in the yard, hit the highway doing a hundred and ten
Praying louder than the engine, bargaining with God for miles
Found you on the shoulder, hazards blinking like a heartbeat about to flatline
You collapsed into me, soaking my shirt with tears and melted ice
I held what was left of us and felt my own walls collapse
[Pre-Chorus – Both, overlapping, frantic]
Mama: I can’t, I can’t, I can’t do this anymore
Daddy: I’m failing, I’m failing, I’m losing everything
[Chorus – Both, screaming it through tears]
God, TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES!
We’re broken open, bleeding out on this frozen road
We almost killed our son tonight with our pride and our pretending
We’re letting go, we’re begging, we’re dying here
Catch Hunter, catch us, we’re slipping through our own fingers
We’re on our knees on the side of I-49
GOD, TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES!
[Verse 3 – Mama, sobbing]
I smile at his birthday parties while I’m dying inside
I sing him to sleep when I can’t even save myself
I’m terrified every goodbye kiss is the last one
[Verse 3 – Daddy, voice breaking completely]
I work till I’m numb so I don’t have to feel how far I’ve drifted
I kiss you both goodnight with whiskey on my breath and guilt in my chest
I’m terrified he’ll grow up and never know his daddy’s heart
[Verse 4 – Both, raw, overlapping, desperate]
We’ve been ghosts in our own home
Two terrified kids raising a miracle we don’t deserve
We’re done, we’re done, we’re done trying to steer this alone
Take our marriage, take our fears, take our shame, take our son
Take every shard we’ve become
We’re laying it all down in the ice and the dark
[Chorus – Louder, wrecked, pleading]
GOD, TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES!
These hands are trembling, stained, and have never been enough
We can’t keep Hunter alive one more second without You
We’re falling apart, we’re screaming Your name into the night
Let this be the moment we die to ourselves
Hold our baby when we’re shaking, love him when we fail
Hold what’s barely left of us
From this wrecked and bleeding road we’re on
GOD, TAKE CONTROL OF OUR LIVES!
[Bridge – Spoken/shouted over each other, voices raw]
Mama: He’s only two, God, he still thinks I’m a superhero!
Daddy: I almost made him an orphan tonight!
Mama: Don’t let him grow up with a mother who’s already dead inside!
Daddy: Don’t let him grow up without a father who knows how to kneel!
Both, screami
Both, screaming: WE SURRENDER! WE SURRENDER EVERYTHING! DO YOU HEAR US?
TAKE IT ALL, WE CAN’T CARRY IT ANYMORE!
[Final Chorus – Exhausted, weeping, but resolute]
God… take control of our lives
We’re on our faces in the gravel and the ice
We have nothing left but this ragged, bleeding yes
Hold Hunter close every single breath You give us
Carry him when we collapse, carry us when we fail
This is our death-and-resurrection moment at 12:47 on New Year’s Day
We are Yours
Completely broken
Completely Yours
God… take control of our lives
Take it… take us… we were never strong enough anyway.
[Last breath – whispered together, foreheads touching]
It’s Yours, Lord.
All of it.
Hunter.
Us.
Everything.
Take it.

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