Half a home acoustic

You packed your half of the dresser

Left your ring in the kitchen sink

Said

"I can’t do this

I’m sorry"

Then you left before I could blink

Little shoes by the front door

Her blanket still in your seat

Our boy crying in his high chair

Milk drying on his cheeks

You walked out and left me holding

Half the home and all the heartache

Two small hands in mine

I’m choking

On the promise you just broke in me

I’m screaming at the ceiling

Shaking

But I won’t let them see me fall

You walked out and left us broken

I’m the one who’s catching it all

3 a.m. on the hallway floor

One kid sick

The other can’t sleep

Your ghost leans on the doorway

But it’s just cracks in the white paint peeling

Cartoons on like a lifeline

Cold coffee

Yesterday’s clothes

I say

"Mommy loves you

She’s hurting"

While I’m the one carrying the load

You walked out and left me holding

Half the home and all the heartache

Two small hands in mine

I’m choking

On the promise you just broke in me

I’m screaming at the ceiling

Shaking

But I won’t let them see me fall

You walked out and left us broken

I’m the one who’s catching it all

I am the midnight bottle warmer

I am the shield against their fears

I am the arms when storms get louder

I am the one still standing here (yeah)

You can run from what we started

But these kids

They get my name

I’ll turn every piece you shattered

Into armor for their days

You walked out and left me holding

Half the home and all the heartache

Two small hands in mine

I’m choking

On the promise you just broke in me

I’m screaming at the ceiling

Shaking

But I won’t let them see me fall

You walked out and left us broken

But we’re stronger than you recall

Yeah

You left and thought we’d crumble

Watch us rise above it all (above it all)