[Verse 1]
The house was so still
But my heart was loud
You hadn’t moved for days
Like the light was running out
I asked the nurse
“Do you think he knows I’m here?”
She said, “I believe he hears you still…
Hearing’s the last to disappear.”
[Pre-Chorus]
So I sat there
With my hope and my ache
Whispered, “I’m here, Dad”
And you found the strength to wake
[Chorus – slow, aching]
You reached for my hand
Like it cost you the sky
And kissed it once
Then twice
Then a third time
You didn’t speak
But it said enough
A thousand I love you’s
All in one touch
And I’ve been holding on
To that second of grace
Like it’s the only thing
Time can’t erase
[Verse 2 – deeper grief, raw honesty]
I still feel your lips
Like a ghost on my skin
Replay it every night
Just to feel you again
I try to let go
But the pain won’t relent
’Cause that was the last time
You were fully present
[Pre-Chorus – voice breaking]
And everyone says
You’re in a better place
But they weren’t there
When your hand touched my face
[Chorus – fuller, more emotional]
You reached for my hand
In the silence and dust
Kissed it three times
Like you knew I’d need that much
You said goodbye
Without a sound
And I’ve been lost
Since you laid it down
Still clinging to
The warmth that stayed
In those three kisses
Before you slipped away
[Bridge – quiet, intimate, like a whispered confession]
I want to move on
But I don’t know how
When the only goodbye
Still echoes now
Your hand in mine
Felt like home
And now I carry it
When I feel alone
[Final Chorus – voice trembling, then soft]
You reached for my hand
Like a final breath
Kissed it like
You had nothing left
And I keep that moment
Tucked in my soul
While trying to live
And learn to let go
But grief is a place
You never quite leave
And I’m still holding on
To what I still believe
[Outro – softest line, piano fading]
That love was real
In those three kisses
You gave to me.
