[Verse]
I don’t remember his voice, or the way he’d smile
Just a picture in a frame that I’ve stared at awhile
Everybody says he’d be proud of who I’ve become
But I can’t help wonderin’ where he would’ve stood
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s not the birthdays or the ball games I missed
It’s the silence in the space where he should exist
[Chorus]
It’s the hurt I hide when no one sees
The weight that never sets me free
He should’ve been the man to guide
But I had to learn to walk without his stride
There’s no goodbye I can recall
No memory to rise or fall
And that’s the deepest kind of sting
Missing someone who missed everything
[Verse]
I see fathers hold their sons like gold
And I wonder how that might’ve felt to know
A hand to lift me when I broke inside
A voice to say, “Son, it’s alright.”
[Pre-Chorus]
But life had different plans for me
Left me chasing shadows in empty seats
[Chorus]
It’s the hurt I hide when no one sees
The weight that never sets me free
He should’ve been the man to guide
But I had to learn to walk without his stride
There’s no goodbye I can recall
No memory to rise or fall
And that’s the deepest kind of sting
Missing someone who missed everything
[Bridge]
Some days I’m angry, some days I just ache
Wishing he was there when my whole world would shake
But I carry his name, and I carry the fight
Still wondering what he’d say on a quiet night
[Chorus – soft, then swelling]
It’s the hurt I hide when I’m alone
That deep-down feeling I’ve never outgrown
He should’ve been my first best friend
But I learned to stand without his hand
There’s no goodbye I can reclaim
Just the echo of his name
And it’s the quietest kind of pain—
Missing someone who never came
[Outro – whispered]
Yeah… the place he should’ve been
Still hurts me now and then.
