When dirt hits wood

This song is for anyone who had a parent walk away from them as a child (Female and children voices were made using a voice changer) (Verse 1) Sixteen years old, standing in the rain Watching taillights disappear again One more promise buried in the dark One more scar carved across my heart You said you'd call, you said you'd try Years rolled past and so did I Birthdays came and birthdays went Without a word, without a hint I learned to fight, I learned to stand Without your voice, without your hand Every lesson that life threw at me Was learned from who I had to be (Pre-Chorus) Now the calendar's a battlefield Covered in the moments that you'll never feel (Chorus) When dirt hits wood and the silence comes Will you wish you stayed instead of run? Will you count the years that slipped away The words you never got to say? You thought you had more time You thought tomorrow would be fine But tomorrow's gone before you know it could And all that's left is when dirt hits wood (Verse 2) You missed the man that I became Missed every victory, every pain Missed the nights I nearly broke And every dream that kept me afloat You missed the day my daughter cried The first time I held her by my side A brand new life entered this world And you never met that little girl Sometimes I wonder if you know Everything you chose to let go Or if the years just blurred away While I kept living day by day (Pre-Chorus) Every empty chair tells the truth Of all the things you thought you'd get back to (Chorus) When dirt hits wood and the silence comes Will you wish you stayed instead of run? Will you count the years that slipped away The words you never got to say? You thought you had more time You thought tomorrow would be fine But tomorrow's gone before you know it could And all that's left is when dirt hits wood (Bridge - Heavy Breakdown) No second chances in a graveyard No rewinding all the years lost No fixing every broken promise No escaping what it cost (Final Chorus) When dirt hits wood and the preacher speaks Will the weight of regret bring you to your knees? Will you see my face inside the crowd And finally say the things out loud? You thought you had more time You thought I'd always be behind Waiting where you left me standing good But life moved on before you understood When dirt hits wood... When dirt hits wood... The years don't stop, they never could (Outro) If tomorrow never comes for you There's one thing you'll finally know is true You didn't lose me in a single day... You lost me one choice at a time. ...until dirt hit wood.