More Than Miles

Lyrics

There's a candle on a cake I couldn't reachYou were smiling back at me through a screenOne year old and already growing fastAnd I'm trying not to miss what I can't get back

I see your steps in the videos they sendEvery little laugh I play again and againFirst crawl, first stand, I watch it allThrough a lens that makes me feel so small

I didn't lose you, I just changed the wayI have to show up every day

It's more than miles between us nowMore than distance I can't controlBut I won't let it turn intoA space inside your soul

I'll be there in every way I canEven when I'm not in the roomYou won't grow up wondering if I careYou'll always know I do

Your mom gave up a life she knewTo build a world that started newAnd somewhere in the weight I carried inI shut her out instead of letting her in

I thought if I just held it all insideI could protect what mattered in my lifeBut love don't work that way, I see it nowSome things you fix, some things you learn about

I'm still learning how to be the manYou'll one day understand

It's more than miles between us nowMore than distance I can't controlBut I won't let it turn intoA space inside your soul

I'll be there in every way I canEven when I'm not in the roomYou won't grow up wondering if I careYou'll always know I do

I won't let my silence shape your daysOr let my distance take my placeI'm still your dad, that won't changeNo matter how this life rearranged

And one day when you're old enough to askI won't hide from what we hadI'll tell you truth, I'll tell you whyLove sometimes means sacrifice

It's more than miles between us nowBut you were never out of reachYou're in every choice I makeYou're in everything I'll be

And I'll show up in the ways that lastNot just moments that come and goYou won't grow up questioning my loveYou'll always know