A SIGN

Lyrics

A SIGN [Verse 1] There’s a picture on the dresser, dust settlin’ slow Sun hits your smile like it don’t even know That the world stopped turnin’ the day you left And every breath since then’s been second best Your hoodie still hangs by the back door frame Still smells like you, still says your name And I talk out loud like you’re in the next room But silence hits harder than a sonic boom ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] I been askin’ heaven questions it won’t explain Why the good ones go and leave us in the rain If you hear me through the miles and the blue Send me somethin’ only I would know is you ⸻ [Chorus] Send me a sign in the wind through the trees In a song on the radio, drop me to my knees In a dream where you’re laughin’ like you used to do Or a stranger sayin’ somethin’ only you would say too Let me feel you in a moment I can’t deny Like a whisper sayin’ “Mama, I’m alright” I don’t need a miracle, just somethin’ true Just a little piece of heaven breakin’ through ⸻ [Verse 2] Malachi’s got your eyes when he smiles that way Like you found a loophole just to come back and stay He don’t know your voice but I swear sometimes He looks right past me like he sees beyond time Mike don’t say it but I see it clear That empty chair still echoes here And Paiton’s quiet, but pain don’t hide It just builds a house and lives inside ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] We’re all just walkin’ through a world you left Tryin’ to carry love through the weight of death If there’s mercy in the sky so wide Let it fall like rain, let it reach inside ⸻ [Chorus] Send me a sign in the wind through the trees In a song on the radio, drop me to my knees In a dream where you’re laughin’ like you used to do Or a stranger sayin’ somethin’ only you would say too Let me feel you in a moment I can’t deny Like a whisper sayin’ “Mama, I’m alright” I don’t need a miracle, just somethin’ true Just a little piece of heaven breakin’ through ⸻ [Verse 3 – Michael’s voice] Mama remember that night on the floor When we sat real still while he beat on the door Johnny yellin’ loud, tryna break it down You held us tight, didn’t make a sound I was eight but I felt grown then Heart beat hard like “don’t let him in” Little Pait hidin’, cryin’ in your side I wanted to fight but I froze inside If I was bigger I swear I’d swing Would’ve took it all, wouldn’t feel a thing But after that night yeah we drew that line “No more fear… not this time…” ⸻ [Pre-Chorus – Michael to Rochelle] Mama you were stronger than you ever knew Even scared to death you still pulled us through And every piece of who I got to be Came from nights like that… you protectin’ me ⸻ [Chorus] So don’t you break when the silence gets loud I’m still right here just beyond the clouds In every memory you replay in your mind That ain’t pain… mama that’s your sign When the wind hits soft and it feels like me Or you hear my laugh in Malachi’s dreams You ain’t crazy, no… love don’t die It just learns how to live on the other side ⸻ [Bridge] And I know you been talkin’, hopin’ I reply Readin’ every letter, lookin’ at the sky Mama if I could you know I would But love like this ain’t lost… it just misunderstood Maybe signs ain’t fireworks in the sky Maybe they’re the tears we don’t know why we cry Or the way my memory won’t fade away Like love learned how to outlive the grave ⸻ [Final Chorus – stripped] I’m the chill in the air when you say my name I’m the tear that falls but don’t feel the same I’m the strength you got when you don’t know why That’s me mama… that’s your sign And when you feel like you can’t go on But you do anyway from dusk to dawn That ain’t you alone, that’s me inside Still your boy… just on the other side