Pieces of my heart walk around

[Intro – soft piano]

Time don’t ask… it just takes…

[Verse 1]

Chase, 
You were quiet, eyes so deep
Carried weight you didn’t speak
That half grin, that knowing look
Like a story in a closed book

You grew up before your time
Strong and steady, sharp as a line
I still see that little boy
In every choice, in every voice

You don’t say much, never did
Always handled what life gives
But I wonder late at night
If you’re really doing alright

[Verse 2]

Jaycee
You were laughter in my bones
Now I hear it through a phone
Used to tell me everything
Now it’s silence in between

I don’t know you like before
Standing on the other shore
Still I’d give my world to see
The girl who used to run to me

You call when the world falls down
Need a hand, need me around
I’ll still answer every time
Even if it breaks this heart of mine

[Chorus]

Pieces of my heart walk around
In different lives, in different towns
I let you go but I still feel
Every memory, every real
No matter where this life may start
You’ll always be my beating heart

[Verse 3]

Cayden,
You grew taller overnight
Found your voice, you found your fight
Walking proud, no fear inside
Living loud, you don’t hide

Not my baby, not my boy
You’re your own, your strength, your joy
Still I watch you from afar
A shining, stubborn, fearless star

You don’t need my hand no more
You’re already out that door
But I hope you always know
You’ve got a place to come back home

[Bridge – emotional peak]

I held your hands when you were small
Now I can’t hold them at all
Life keeps pulling you away
While I’m begging time to stay

I did my best, I gave my all
Tried to catch you when you’d fall
Now I’m learning how to stand
With empty space where you once ran

[Chorus – stronger]

Pieces of my heart out in the world
My boy, my mirror, my wild one curled
You don’t need me like before
But I’ll be right here at the door
No matter how far you all roam
My love’s the place you’ll call home

[Final Chorus – full, emotional swell]

Pieces of my heart still beat in you
In everything you say and do
Even when you’re far from me
You’re still my whole identity
I may not be where you are
But I’m with you in every scar
No matter how this life may start
You’ll always be my beating heart

[Outro – soft, fading]

You don’t outgrow a mother’s love…
You just learn how to carry it…

Female vocals
Acoustic guitar, piano, soft strings, light percussion
Warm reverb, layered harmonies, subtle background choir, female