Backseat Tackle Box

[Verse 1]
Old photos in the glovebox
You laughing in that faded cap
Backseat full of tangled lines
Sunburned shoulders
Soda caps
You'd say
"One more cast"
Even when the sky went black
I learned patience from that silence
Sitting by your side like that
[Chorus]
I miss you
Dad
Out on that water
Every ripple calling your name
Just your little girl
Your stubborn daughter
Still saving you the front boat seat in my brain
If heaven's got a quiet corner
With a pier and a borrowed dock
Hope you're out there
Hope you're waiting
For your girl and the backseat tackle box
[Verse 2]
I drive past that gravel road
Where you taught me how to tie that knot
Truck still smells like coffee cups
And the cheap cologne you always bought
I talk to you at red lights
Like you're riding shotgun here
Ask you what you'd think of him
If you'd like my life this year
[Chorus]
I miss you
Dad
Out on that water
Every ripple calling your name
Just your little girl
Your stubborn daughter
Still saving you the front boat seat in my brain
If heaven's got a quiet corner
With a pier and a borrowed dock
Hope you're out there
Hope you're waiting
For your girl and the backseat tackle box
[Bridge]
One day I'll pull up
To that old wooden pier
Drop my worries in the deep
You'll say
"Hop in
I'm right here"
We won't need many words
Just the air and the sky
You teaching me again
How to loosen my line
[Chorus]
I miss you
Dad
Out on that water
Every ripple calling your name
Just your little girl
Your stubborn daughter
Still saving you the front boat seat in my brain
If heaven's got a quiet corner
With a pier and a borrowed dock
I'll run to you
I'll come crashing
Your girl and that backseat tackle box

pop, Warm midtempo pop built on clean electric guitar and soft synth pads, light rhythmic bass and tight drums; verses intimate and close-mic, choruses open up with stacked female vocals and subtle “whoa”s. Add a short guitar hook between sections, gentle reverb for a nostalgic glow, and a final stripped-down chorus with just vocal and guitar before the band swells back in.