Life of Redemption

Verse 1

There’s a screen door slamming on a dusty street

Friday night lights and bare feet

He was ten years old, holding momma’s hand

Didn’t understand heaven’s plan

Black suit hanging way too big

Graveyard dirt on a pair of kicks

He watched his hero lowered down

That day grew heavy in a small town

Pre-Chorus

They said, “Son, be strong,” but they didn’t say how

When the world goes quiet and the tears won’t come out

Chorus

He learned pain don’t knock, it just kicks the door

Leaves scars on your heart and blood on the floor

Tried to outrun ghosts in a borrowed name

Chasing numb through the whiskey and the flame

Yeah, life broke him down, spun him around

But the story ain’t done in this small town

Verse 2

Seventeen with a chip on his sleeve

Pickup truck and a need to leave

Wrong friends, late nights, fists clenched tight

Living fast just to feel alright

Every bad choice felt justified

If you’re already lost, what’s left to hide?

He said, “I ain’t scared of going to hell”

But deep inside, he knew it well

Pre-Chorus

Every mirror showed a man he swore he’d never be

A stranger wearing his daddy’s jeans

Chorus

He learned pain don’t knock, it just kicks the door

Leaves scars on your heart and blood on the floor

Tried to outrun ghosts in a borrowed name

Chasing numb through the whiskey and the flame

Yeah, life broke him down, spun him around

But the story ain’t done in this small town

Bridge

Then a cry in a hospital room at dawn

Tiny hand wrapped around his thumb

In that moment, time stood still

He felt his dad’s voice say, “Son, this is real”

He saw his past in a brand-new light

Swore that kid wouldn’t live his fight

Dropped the bottle, faced the truth

Became the man he needed to

Chorus

Now love don’t knock, it kicks the door

But it builds you back from the broken floor

He ain’t perfect, but he’s standing tall

Learning grace beats the rise and fall

Yeah, life turned him around, planted roots in the ground

Now he’s raising hope in a small town

Outro

On a porch at sunset, ball in the yard

Little eyes think their dad’s a star

He tips his hat to the sky somehow

Says, “I hope I’m making you proud”

From a broken boy to a better man

That’s how redemption hits the land