[Verse 1]
This world is so cold without you
Empty swing in the backyard rain
Your shoes by the door still waiting
Cartoons frozen on the screen
[Pre-Chorus]
I trace your name in the dust
On the frame we never filled
All the candles on the counter
Waiting on a wish you never will
[Chorus]
Mile stones I’m never gonna see
Tiny hands that never reached for me
You laughing
Playing
Having fun
All those days that never come
Mile stones scattered in my head
Every one a word we never said
I’m stuck here with these bedtime stories
And every page just burns
[Verse 2]
I still set a place at the table
Talk out loud like you can hear
Trip on toys that never moved
Hear your footsteps in my fears
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep the light on low
Where your pillow used to be
Read out loud to the darkness
Like you’re climbing into me
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Reading you those late night bedtime stories
Voice shaking but I fight through every line
I hold the book up to the ceiling
Like maybe you can see it from the other side
[screamed vocals] I’m still your dad
I’m still right here
While these mile stones disappear
[Chorus]