[Intro]
(Acoustic Guitar picking)
(Ad-lib:) Yeah...
(Ad-lib:) Look...
(Ad-lib:) It’s been a long road... Eight years and one.
(Ad-lib:) Let’s talk about it.
[V1]
(Beat:Guitar & Snap)
Eight years back, the sky turned gray
Storm rolled in and took the sun away.
I never heard a cry, never saw a face
Just a hollow feeling in an empty space.
I got a candle on the shelf that I light every year
Mix a little prayer with a little bit of fear.
Wondering who you’d be if you were running in the yard
Looking at the playground, yeah, that part is hard.
God called you home before you took a breath
Teaches you real quick about life and death.
(Ad-lib:) Gone too soon.
[Chorus]
(Beat: Bass & Drum)
I got two little angels that I never met.
Two little heartbeats I can’t forget.
One slipped away, one I had to let go
Different kinds of pain, same heavy soul.
But I know you’re up there, sitting on a cloud
Looking down at Mama, hope I make you proud.
(Ad-lib) Yeah, make you proud!
Unmet Angels, flying in the blue
I’m sending all my love up to the two of you.
[V2]
(Beat:Groove)
Fast forward seven years, sitting in the haze
Three-six-five, yeah, counting up the days.
Made a hard choice, had to walk the line
Tears hitting the dirt, shivers down the spine.
People judge the cover, never read the book
Don’t know the desperate turns that a life took.
I carry that cross, yeah, I carry that scar
Wondering if you forgive me from exactly where you are.
I’m asking for the mercy, I’m asking for the peace
Praying for the moment that the guilt will release.
(Ad-lib:) Only God can judge me.
[Chorus]
I got two little angels that I never met.
Two little heartbeats I can’t forget.
One slipped away, one I had to let go
Different kinds of pain, same heavy soul.
But I know you’re up there, sitting on a cloud
Looking down at Mama, hope I make you proud.
(Ad-lib:)Yeah, make you proud!
Unmet Angels, flying in the blue
I’m sending all my love up to the two of you.
[V3]
(Beat: Builds Up)
Now I look at your brothers playing in the dirt
Turning all this trauma into something that won't hurt.
Ryan, Hayden, Dominic—yeah, I hold ‘em tight
‘Cause I know how fast a candle goes out in the night.
(Beat Stop)
I’m living for five, even though I’m raising three.
(Beat Back In)
That’s a heavy kind of math, yeah, that’s the reality.
So fly high, little ones, save a seat for me
I’m building up a legacy for the whole world to see.
We ain't breaking down, nah, we breaking through
Everything I do now, I do it for the crew.
(Ad-lib:) I do it for y'all.
[Chorus]
I got two little angels that I never met.
Two little heartbeats I can’t forget.
One slipped away, one I had to let go
Different kinds of pain, same heavy soul.
But I know you’re up there, sitting on a cloud
Looking down at Mama, hope I make you proud
(Yeah, make you proud!)
Unmet Angels, flying in the blue
I’m sending all my love up to the two of you
[Outro]
I love you.
Both of you.
See you at the gate.
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