Verse 1]
I can hear your laughter in the hallway
Feet hitting the floor too fast
I hear myself saying, “boys, slow down”
Like the future finally passed
I see bath time, steam in the mirror
Your mom smiling, tired but whole
I see a version of me that didn’t shatter
In a life I almost got to hold
[Pre-Chorus]
They say time heals everything
But some things just stay loud
[Chorus]
I hear you when the house is quiet
I hear you when the world shuts down
I hear you in the spaces between
Every breath I never found
You’re still here in the way I love
In the way I break, then stand
I didn’t lose you in that moment
You just learned how to live in my hands
[Verse 2]
I showed up strong at the doctor’s office
Like I always knew how to do
I held it together, nodded my head
Did everything they asked me to
But when they couldn’t find your heartbeats
I felt the ground forget my name
I walked back to the car in silence
And nothing in me stayed the same
[Pre-Chorus]
Superman finally fell that day
With nowhere left to land
[Chorus]
I broke down somewhere near three a.m.
Parked the car, turned off the lights
Cried harder than I did when my father died
Didn’t know how I’d survive
When your whole life is being the provider
And strength is all you’ve known
Losing you taught me something brutal
Even heroes can’t hold everything alone
[Bridge]
I don’t understand God’s timing
I don’t pretend to know why
But somehow you saved me by leaving
And I hate that truth inside
Because even shattered, I stayed
Because even broken, I breathe
And when I couldn’t be Superman anymore
I learned how to just be me
[Break – instrumental pause]
[Final Chorus]
I hear you when I wake up shaking
I hear you when I calm back down
I hear you when I say your names
In a whisper I never say out loud
I never healed, I just learned to carry
What love refused to end
My boys didn’t leave me behind
They just taught me how to stay for her instead
[Outro]
So I keep going for Mommy
When the nights feel too long
I still hear you running through my life
And I say… boys, slow down