Hope in my hands

“Hope In My Hands”

(Verse 1)

I was raised where the streetlights flickered and people just prayed to survive,

Where pain sat heavy on shoulders and dreams slowly faded with time.

I watched my mother keep fighting through bills that kept piling sky high,

And I learned how to bury my feelings and act like I always was fine.

There were nights I slept cold in a car with nowhere on earth left to go,

Trying to smile through the pressure while breaking apart in my soul.

I lost people I loved to addiction, to prison, to choices and pain,

So I carried my anger like armor and walked through the fire and rain.

Still somewhere beneath all the damage, a voice deep inside wouldn’t quit,

Telling me hold on a little longer because this ain’t the end of it.

(Pre-Chorus)

Then the day that I held you, my whole world changed in a moment of light.

(Chorus)

You are the proof there is hope after darkness, a reason to keep moving on,

You are the proof even broken hearts heal and grow stronger after being lost.

Now every scar got a meaning, every road led me right here to you,

And for the first time in years I stopped running from pain and started pushing through.

If the world ever makes you feel lonely or weak and too tired to fight,

Remember your father survived through the worst and still found a reason to rise.

I was exhausted and numb from the battles, convinced I had nothing to give,

Till the first time I held you, my child, and remembered what it meant to live.

(Verse 2)

Now I wake with a purpose that’s bigger than fear or the weight of my past,

Because hearing your heartbeat beside me reminds me good things still can last.

You made me believe that the pain never owns you forever in life,

That healing can grow in the darkest of places and love can still make people right.

And one day if life tries to break you and leaves you confused where you stand,

I’ll remind you real strength is continuing forward when nobody understands.

It’s standing back up after every hard fall and refusing to stay on the ground,

It’s learning your scars do not ruin your story, they prove you were still strong enough.

(Bridge)

So let the rain keep falling, let the hard nights come, we will still make it through,

Because hope is a fire that keeps burning brighter when somebody believes in you.

And maybe this world can feel cold sometimes with roads that feel painfully long,

But even the deepest wounds start healing the moment a soul knows it belongs.

(Chorus)

You are the proof there is hope after darkness, a reason to keep moving on,

You are the light that helped a broken man finally believe he belonged.

Now every scar got a meaning, every road led me right here to you,

And the day that I first held you close was the day I finally found truth.

I survived through the storms long enough for this moment to finally arrive,

Now I carry the future inside of my hands every time I look in your eyes.