

Prompt / Lyrics
[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.
Tags
male ( Daddy) female (Mama) southern country raw grit, rock, hard rock deeply emotional smooth
5:29
No
11/29/2025