[Style: Indie Acoustic × Soft Country]
[Mood: Warm, emotional, thankful]
[Intro (acoustic + steel)]
[(soft guitar… warm steel swell)]
Yeah…
This one’s for both of you
[Verse 1]
I’ve thought about it more now that I’m older
How hard it must’ve been to let me go
You gave me life, then gave me something better
A chance at love and a real home
And I know that couldn’t have been easy
Looking down and saying goodbye
But giving me away wasn’t abandoning me…
It was sacrifice
[Pre-Chorus]
Some love means holding on
Some love means letting go
[Chorus]
Everything you gave me… (gave meee)
Made me who I am today
Every sacrifice, every prayer
Every time you showed the way
And if one day I find someone
To build a life and family with
I hope I love her half as good
As the way you always did
[Verse 2]
And to the woman who became my mother
Even when life had other plans
You loved me like your own from the beginning
Never once treated me less than
You were there for every broken moment
Every victory, every fall
And even though we don’t share blood…
You’re my mom through it all
[Pre-Chorus]
And now I’m older, I finally see
Just how much that meant to me
[Chorus]
Everything you gave me… (gave meee)
Made me who I am today
Every sacrifice, every prayer
Every time you showed the way
And if one day I find someone
To build a life and family with
I hope I love her half as good
As the way you always did
[Bridge (stripped, emotional)]
[(just piano + vocal)]
One gave me life…
One gave me home…
And because of both of you
I was never alone
[(steel enters softly)]
[Final Chorus (lift)]
Everything you gave me…
Still lives inside my heart
Every lesson, every moment
Made me who we are
And if someday I become the man
I’ve been trying hard to be
It’ll be because your love
Never gave up on me
I love you both…
[Outro (soft steel fade)]
[(steel cries softly, warm ending)]
ELIROBB
