[Verse 1]
Got this weight on my shoulders
And the night in my chest
Stack of unpaid promises
And a cracked-up rest
Head full of sirens
Heart full of fear
But I lace these boots each morning
’cause my boys are here
[Chorus]
I’m lost in my thoughts
Tired of the fight
Dragging my doubts
Through the dark of the night
I’m bruised
I’m broke
But I ain’t disappear
I can’t quit now
’cause my boys can hear
(yeah, my boys can hear)
[Verse 2]
They look up and ask me
“Daddy
Are we good?”
So I smile through the worry lines
More than I should
Hide those final-notice letters
Under yesterday’s news
Pour hope in their cereal
Like I got nothing to lose
[Chorus]
I’m lost in my thoughts
Tired of the fight
Dragging my doubts
Through the dark of the night
I’m bruised
I’m broke
But I ain’t disappear
I can’t quit now
’cause my boys can hear
(and I’m still right here)
[Bridge]
One day they’ll be taller
Than the pain I’ve known
I’ll say
“You were the reason
I kept coming home”
’Til that sunrise finds me
Through these worn-out years
I’ll keep singing this burden
In a voice they hear
[Chorus]
I’m lost in my thoughts
Tired of the fight
Dragging my doubts
Through the dark of the night
I’m bruised
I’m broke
But I’m standing here
I can’t quit now
’cause my boys can hear
(oh my boys can hear)