From underneath

I wanted you

To see the first thing that I ever poured my heart into

You'll never know the pain that I've been through

I'm not so sure you'll ever know

And so I'll make you understand that words that filled my life

Were not from you but from my fathers hand

Do you remember that cold day in December

Leaving everything you knew behind

I may never know how it feels to stand beside you

Or take your hand

When I need some direction

And I may never know what it's like to see

You smile back at me or know you'd be proud of me

From underneath I promise to

Erase the past and let my heart forgive the former you

Replace the dark of old and start brand new

I never thought I'd see the day

I'd walk toward the end of life and turn the other way

I'm reaching out to take my fathers hand

Do you remember

That cold day in December

Leaving everything you knew behind

I may never know how it feels to stand beside you

Or take your hand

When I need some direction

And I may never know what it's like to see

You smile back at me or know you'd be proud of me