For Someone I Never Knew...

Verse 1)
I never heard your laughter in the room,
never saw a sculpture made by your hands
but your story crossed the silence to me,
like a song carried over broken lands.

(Chorus)
Iryna, your name is a flame,
I never stood beside you, but I feel your loss the same
the world is tragic, and today I found the proof 
Because I’m mourning a life I never knew.

(Verse 2)
You ran from the thunder, seeking quiet skies,
dreamed of healing creatures with your gentle hands and eyes,
but a stranger’s shadow snuffed your light too soon,
left us searching for meaning in an empty room.

(Chorus)
Iryna, your name is a flame,
I never stood beside you, but I fee your loss the same—
the world is tragic, and today I have the proof 
Because I’m mourning a life I never knew.

(Bridge)
And as a father, I can’t help but see,
The thread that ties your father to me
I’d want the world to say my daughter’s light
was more than the darkness of a single night.
And as a father I wish I could have offered foresight
And your cries are echoing through every dad's minds


(Outro)
So I’ll carry your memory into the song,
a voice for the voiceless, to carry on.
Iryna, Iryna, your dream shines through—
in the hearts of the strangers who grieve for you.

Christian alternative emo rock, emo, rock, pained male, plaintiff violin, screaming guitar, very basal tone, rhythmic