Letters I Never Sent by Zona - Zona

Letters I Never Sent

Track · Jun 17, 2026 · English

Letters I Never Sent

Duration

3:53

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I found your old cap

in the hall by the door

Still dust on the brim

from the job you kept for more

Your hands looked like maps

of the miles we did not name

You never asked for much

but you gave it all the same

[Pre-Chorus]

I was young and loud

You were tired and true

Now the years have moved

and I can see you

[Chorus]

Thank you, Dad

for staying

Thank you, Dad

for the weight you carried

Thank you, Dad

for the love you hid

I hear it now

I hear it now

[Verse 2]

You fixed my broke bike

with a coin and a grin

Said, “Try it one more time”

and I would try again

You taught me how to stand

when the room went cold

Not with a speech or a lesson

just by being bold

[Pre-Chorus]

I missed the small things

back when I was blind

Now every quiet favor

comes back to my mind

[Chorus]

Thank you, Dad

for staying

Thank you, Dad

for the weight you carried

Thank you, Dad

for the love you hid

I hear it now

I hear it now

[Bridge]

If I could fold up time

I’d bring it to your chair

Say the words I swallowed

say I know you were there

For every late night worry

for every cracked-up day

I was just your kid

trying to find my way

[Chorus]

Thank you, Dad

for staying

Thank you, Dad

for the weight you carried

Thank you, Dad

for the love you hid

I hear it now

I hear it now

[Outro]

So here it is

plain and slow

The thanks I owed you

long ago

Style

folk ballad with fingerstyle acoustic guitar and soft harmonicaslow 6/8 sway; verse stays intimate and story-ledpre-chorus lifts with rising harmonychorus opens into a plainspoken thank-you chant. warm male vocal close-mic’d with gentle doubles on the hookone-harp fills between linesbrushed room reverbsubtle chair creaks and fret noisebittersweet and honest mix with a wood-floored natural feel.fingerstyleballadfolksoft

Prompt

A reflective folk ballad with sincere storytelling vocals: a grown child finally saying the thank-yous left unsaid to their father; fingerstyle guitar, soft harmonica, bittersweet and honest.

Credits

Prompt byZona

GeneratedJun 17, 2026

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