[Verse 1]
Missed calls on my birthday
Your name lighting up too late
You say
"Son
I'm proud of you"
From a barstool
Far away
I memorized your promises
Like scripture I outgrew
Built a man from broken plans
That I never got from you
[Chorus]
I got all these daddy issues
Folded in my chest like tissues
Every hug I never got
Still leaves a mark
Still leaves a spot
If I ever have a son
Hope he never feels this numb
I'll be everything you weren't
So he never has these daddy issues
[Verse 2]
You showed up in photographs
Smiling like you never left
Mom just shook her head and laughed
Said
"He only loves himself"
I learned how to say "I'm fine"
With my teeth against my tongue
Every time you said you'd come
I aged another year inside
[Chorus]
I got all these daddy issues
Folded in my chest like tissues
Every hug I never got
Still leaves a mark
Still leaves a spot
If I ever have a son
Hope he never feels this numb
I'll be everything you weren't
So he never has these daddy issues
[Bridge]
Do you ever lie awake
Hear my name inside your drink? (yeah)
Do you ever see my face
When you close your eyes and blink?
I cut you out to save my heart
But you still show up in the mirror
Every day I pull apart
What you left and what I’m building here (oh)
[Chorus]
I got all these daddy issues
Folded in my chest like tissues
Every hug I never got
Still leaves a mark
Still leaves a spot
If I ever have a son
Hope he never feels this numb
I'll be everything you weren't
So he never has these daddy issues