[Verse 1]
There’s a phone that rings and the world stands still,
A name on the screen and a sudden chill.
You hear the words but they don’t make sense —
How does a heartbeat just turn to silence.
A room still warm where they used to be,
A jacket hanging, a memory.
And the clock keeps moving like nothing’s wrong,
While the people we love just keep moving on.
[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody told us the road bent here,
Nobody warned us the price of love is fear…
[Chorus]
‘Cause parents weren’t meant to bury their own,
Children weren’t meant to leave us alone.
The order of things, it shattered tonight —
But love is the candle that burns through the night.
Oh, love is the candle that burns through the night.
[Verse 2]
You’ll laugh at a song you weren’t ready to hear,
You’ll cry in the car when no one is near.
You’ll talk to the sky, you’ll whisper their name —
And somehow believe they whisper the same.
The world keeps turning, the seasons still come,
But a piece of your story stays nineteen, stays young.
And the table you set has an empty chair,
But the love that you planted is still living there.
[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody hands you a map for this,
Nobody warns you what a soul can miss…
[Chorus]
‘Cause parents weren’t meant to bury their own,
Children weren’t meant to leave us alone.
The order of things, it shattered tonight —
But love is the candle that burns through the night.
Oh, love is the candle that burns through the night.
[Bridge]
So cry when the wave hits, don’t fight the tide,
Speak their name proudly, keep them alive.
We weren’t made strong, we were made to bend —
And the ones that we lost, they walk with us again.
They walk with us again…
[Breakdown]
(softly)
Hold each other.
Hold the silence.
Hold the storm.
Hold the light.
We were never meant to walk through fire alone…
We were never meant to walk through fire alone.
[Final Chorus]
‘Cause parents weren’t meant to bury their own,
Children weren’t meant to leave us alone.
But the order broke open and let heaven through —
And the love that you carried, it carries you.
Oh, the love that you carried… it carries you.
[Outro]
A name spoken softly. A soul still here.
Love doesn’t end. Love just changes the air.