Lyrics

"Thank You, Mom and Dad"


I was young and full of pride,
thought the world was on my side.
Slamming doors, I’d scream and fight,
never thought that you were right.

You stayed up through sleepless nights,
hid your tears from all the lights.
But I was blind and couldn’t see,
how much it truly hurt to be.


A slap on the arm, it fades away,
but a mother’s tears will always stay.
I should’ve known, back then, so small,
that love means sometimes standing tall.


Now I stand here, looking back,
seeing all the love I lacked.
You led the way, you stood so strong,
even when I got it wrong.

I see them now, the hearts so cold,
lost in life with nothing to hold.
But thanks to you, I understand,
what it means to be a man.


Now I sit and watch you age,
turning yet another page.
The years go fast, they slip away,
one day you won’t be here to stay.

I fear the time when you’ll be gone,
when silence lingers on and on.
Then tears will fall, just like before,
like yours once did behind that door.




I thank you both for every night,
when you kept me in your sight.
For every "no" that made me see,
how strong and wise I had to be.






Thank you, Mom, and thank you, Dad,
for all the love I never had.
If you had let me do my will,
I'd be like them, so lost and still.

But you raised me up, you made me whole,
with love and strength, you shaped my soul.
And now I say, with love so true:
Without you both, I’d be so blue.