You weren’t there before I even breathed,
A void where a father should have been.
The world whispered “it’s fine, forgive,”
But forgiveness feels like sin.
I grew inside a mother’s arms,
Hearing stories of what could’ve been.
A man who chose another child,
And left me in the wind unseen.
Como você pôde me abandonar
Antes mesmo de eu existir?
Escolheu outro filho para chamar de seu,
E deixou meu coração a se partir.
I walked through life counting absences,
Every holiday, every birthday missed.
Every photo of families together
Was a knife I couldn’t resist.
And the anger builds in silence,
A fire I keep in my chest.
Sometimes it roars in lonely nights,
Sometimes it steals my rest.
You left before I came,
And the world still speaks your name.
Another child in your arms,
While I burn in my own flame.
Eu aprendi a viver sem você,
A me erguer mesmo sem sua mão.
But sometimes at night I wonder,
Did you ever feel me at all?
I remember nights I cried alone,
The ceiling staring back at me.
I hated your absence, your choice,
The life I was denied, the key.
I built walls so high around my heart,
No space for you to sneak in.
And still, when I hear the wind,
Sinto sua sombra sobre minha pele.
If I could speak and you would listen,
Would you see the child I became?
Ou você apenas ignoraria,
E sairia de novo, igual de sempre?
A stranger to the child inside you,
A life you chose to not claim.
You left before I came,
And the world still speaks your name.
Another child in your arms,
While I burn in my own flame.
I built a life without your hands,
Without the love I craved.
Mas às vezes à noite me pergunto,
Se o homem que nunca conheci seria corajoso.
So here’s to the man who never came,
Who left me before my birth.
I rise, I scream, I claim my name,
Eu sou suficiente nesta terra.
Your choices shaped the storm inside,
Your absence taught me to fight.
But I am my own hero now,
In the darkness, I am my light.
