[00:20.162]The very day you were born, your light shone bold in the dark
[00:23.864]The doctor said you had a hole in your heart
[00:25.983]I just knew that you were making room for a whole lotta heart
[00:28.463]And loved you from that day until your soul would depart
[00:31.280]You took your first breath upon my chest
[00:34.428]I built you a good nest before I left
[00:37.046]It wasn't that I never loved your mother
[00:39.408]But two happy homes are better than one that suffered
[00:42.645]Every regret in this life that I made
[00:44.541]Have been tempered by the strength in your eyes everyday
[00:47.300]I know that you never said that you'd like me to stay
[00:49.903]Still I'm sorry I neglected you while I was away
[00:52.666]You were eight when we headed to casualty
[00:54.634]And no child should face their death or mortality
[00:57.923]You taught me patience, strength and morality
[00:59.893]And I'd burdened this weight instead of you happily
[01:02.450]That night, you asked if you'd die from your sickness
[01:05.230]And why had it chosen your life out of millions
[01:08.901]You filled me with the pride I was missing
[01:10.668]Cause grown men cry, that lack your type of resilience
[01:13.534]Only when it's dark that the stars are bright
[01:15.560]For your fight, you gon' harbour these scars for life
[01:17.993]But you're a brave little soul, came in the cold
[01:20.992]Like a fighter, hope you find the same flame when you're old
[01:24.727]Fall asleep and lay with me
[01:29.006]We'll search the night for shooting stars
[01:34.998]If they can't take away your pain
[01:39.464]I'll take your hand, walk through the dark
[01:46.108]The dark
[01:48.723]The dark
[01:54.561]I wrote this while you slept in a hospital bed
[01:57.425]Know this, your breath at the cost of my breath
[01:59.905]I'd forgo this life, that you'd go on in my death
[02:02.476]If you'd know what its like to live long and regret
[02:04.802]So you could fight, you could shove, you could bleed and hurt
[02:07.504]You could cry, you could love, and your creed will work
[02:10.090]When your strides act dumb and you teethe your words
[02:12.670]It'll take a wife to become your sky, sea and earth
[02:15.415]But if these are things that you never see
[02:17.898]With no god, just me, it'll set you free
[02:20.500]And most others won't understand the hell in which you've been in
[02:23.861]Til' they wrestle with the demon
[02:25.806]But take heart to be brave, but first we fear
[02:28.294]The same heart, the same pain, you persevere, will serve you
[02:31.463]I know this world is of course unfair, and hurt you
[02:34.246]But these virtues are yours to bear
[02:36.333]I named you lionhearted the day you were born
[02:39.339]They say the night is darkest before the dawn
[02:41.770]I'll take your hand upon this path
[02:43.521]If you can light a spark, then we can find some calm in a raging storm
[02:47.144]Ain't nothing left to scare you see
[02:49.114]So we can live life and cherish every breath we breathe
[02:51.771]And no matter where you go, know we'll never leave
[02:54.357]Cos' even when we're gone, we're living in a memory
[02:56.836]So live on, live on
[02:58.676]Fall asleep and lay with me
[03:03.061]We'll search the night for shooting stars
[03:08.927]If they can't take away your pain
[03:13.345]I'll take your hand, walk through the dark
[03:19.101]Fall asleep and lay with me
[03:23.760]We'll search the night for shooting stars
[03:29.589]If they can't take away your pain
[03:34.168]I'll take your hand, walk through the dark
[03:40.020]The dark
[03:43.067]The dark
[03:58.167]And I'm sorry that I can't take your pain, or answer why
[04:02.574]I lay awake through darker skies
[04:05.174]I say your name, you cast a light
[04:07.686]Like a flame on a starless night
[04:09.916]And I, didn't know what was lost 'til you found me
[04:13.327]Didn't know what was locked in, without keys
[04:16.074]But we can walk across all these boundaries
[04:18.579]You and me, nothing here to stop you, you're now free
[04:21.061]So I wrote this to give you hope
[04:23.121]For every good thing in life you live to know
[04:25.659]They say cancer survivors are gifted though
[04:28.350]Let me know if that isn't so
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