**Verse 1**
I was four years old when you slipped away,
Too young to know the words I needed to say.
Now I'm sitting here talking to the empty air,
Pretending, just tonight, that you're still there.
Daddy, can you hear me? There's so much to tell —
I carried your name through my own kind of hell.
**Verse 2**
At twelve they published a poem I wrote,
My words in print — I wish you could've known.
I walked across a stage in a cap and gown,
Looked out at the crowd, but you weren't around.
At twenty-two I held my baby girl,
And swore she'd never doubt her place in this world.
**Chorus**
Are you proud of me now? Can you see how far I've come?
Every mountain that I climbed, every battle that I won?
I grew from the girl who felt unwanted and unseen
Into someone who kept fighting — Daddy, are you proud of me?
I hope I'm the daughter you always wanted me to be.
**Verse 3**
At eighteen they gave my storms a name,
Bipolar — and suddenly so much made sense of the pain.
I grew up feeling like a stranger in my skin,
Misunderstood, on the outside looking in.
There were nights I slept with nowhere to go,
Cardboard and cold — things you'll never know.
**Verse 4**
At thirty-one, my son came into my life,
Another reason to keep winning this fight.
I look at my babies and I finally understand
How much love can fit inside two small hands —
And it breaks me, Daddy, 'cause I look at them and see
Everything you must have seen when you looked at me.
**Chorus**
Are you proud of me now? Can you see how far I've come?
Every mountain that I climbed, every battle that I won?
I grew from the girl who felt unwanted and unseen
Into someone who kept fighting — Daddy, are you proud of me?
I hope I'm the daughter you always wanted me to be.
**Bridge**
But why — why wasn't I enough to make you stay?
Was my love too small to light your way?
I know now that the darkness lies, it tells you that you're through —
'Cause the same shadows that took you came looking for me too.
But I stayed. Daddy, I stayed.
For a girl and a boy who call my name —
I stayed.
**Final Chorus**
So I hope you're proud of me now, of how far I've come,
Of the woman standing here, of everything I've overcome.
I was the girl who felt unwanted and unseen,
But I built a life worth living — Daddy, I hope you're proud of me.
I became the daughter you always wanted me to be.
**Outro**
I forgive you for leaving, though it left a scar.
I just wish you could've seen me from wherever you are.
Goodnight, Daddy.
I made it.
I'm still here.
