Two names keep me breathing

Yeah…

Down here again.

Nobody sees it. Nobody knows.

Just me, in the dark.

Listen…

I’m down so low, feelin’ gravel under knees

Like the world forgot me, set my soul to freeze

Smiles on the surface, but the eyes don’t care

Nobody asks how I am, nobody’s there

Silence is loud when the room goes quiet

Carryin’ weight I ain’t got strength to fight it

Feel like a ghost walkin’ through my own life

Every breath a struggle, every day a fight

They say “it gets better” but the days stay grey

No hand to hold, no words to make it okay

Just me and my thoughts, deep inside the pain

Wonderin’ if anyone would notice if I fade…

And I still think of you, Dad, every single night

You left too soon, took half my will to fight

Wish you were here to tell me “son, hold on”

Wish you could see me, wish you weren’t gone

I still hear your voice, still feel your hand on mine

Wish I could turn back time, make you stay a while

But heaven’s too far, and the distance is cruel

And I’m still here tryin’, tryin’ to stand tall

Sometimes I break, sometimes I crumble and fall

Wish you could tell me how to carry this load

Wish you were walkin’ right here by my road…

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I’m low, so low, and it feels like no one cares

Heavy heart, heavy soul, and the burden’s hard to bear

But I carry two names that keep me breathin’ still

My reason to keep goin’, my heart, my will

Tyler… my boy… and Isabela… my girl

You’re the light that’s still shinin’ in my broken world

Even when I’m down, even when I’m lost

You’re the reason I get up, no matter what the cost…

Tyler — you’re my strength, you’re the spittin’ image of me

When I look at you, I see how I gotta be

You keep me fightin’ when I wanna give in

You make me feel like I got purpose again

And Isabela — my angel, my sweet little one

Your smile heals the hurt when the dark has come

You don’t know the nights I sit and cry alone

But I dry my eyes, put a brave face on

‘Cause you deserve a father, strong and proud

So I swallow the pain, I stand up loud

Even when I’m breakin’ on the inside…

I’ll be your rock, whatever may come…

Dad — if you can hear me, watch over them too

Help me raise ‘em right, the way you taught me to

I’m strugglin’ hard, but I won’t let you down

I’ll stand tall for them, even when I drown

They’re my hope, my joy, my reason to survive

When it feels like no one cares, they keep me alive

Low as I am, I can’t let myself fall

‘Cause Tyler and Isabela need their dad after all…

I’m low, so low, and it feels like no one cares

Heavy heart, heavy soul, and the burden’s hard to bear

But I carry two names that keep me breathin’ still

My reason to keep goin’, my heart, my will

Tyler… my boy… and Isabela… my girl

You’re the light that’s still shinin’ in my broken world

Even when I’m down, even when I’m lost

You’re the reason I get up, no matter what the cost…

Yeah…

Dad — rest easy.

I got ‘em.

I’ll keep fightin’.

For Tyler.

For Isabela.

For you.

And even if no one else cares…