Dear Mom & Dad (Hope you're proud of me)

Yeah...

Dear Mom and Dad

Things here are crazy

And it was hard to just stop by

I'm sure you've been wondering why

Life gets in the way

And takes all of your time

Then you realize it's another day

It just blows my mind

We only moved to the next town over

But might as well been a whole 'nother state

Thought that we could make a brand new start

But I think it may have been too late

I drive past those old familiar roads

Tell myself I'll come tomorrow

But tomorrow turns to weeks somehow

And the guilt just turns to sorrow

I've always tried to be the man you made of me

But it seems the rules around me just keep changing

As we get older I'm finding that I get some clarity

I'm still chasing what you showed me how to be

Standing tall when life is breaking

I hope you're proud of me

Dear Mom and Dad

She says I'm never really present

That my heart's a million miles away

I hear her words but I don't listen

Guess I really need to pray

We sleep back to back in the same old bed

Silence louder than our fights

I keep saying that girl we gonna work it out

But I get the feeling that something ain't right

I wish I could ask you what I need to do

Like I did when I was younger

Now I'm just praying and guessing every step

So I don't take this family under

I've always tried to be the man you made of me

But it seems the rules around me just keep changing

As we get older

I'm still holding on to every memory

Every lesson, every word you said to me

Dear Mom and Dad I hope you're proud of me

I stand by your headstones on a Sunday morning

Talking like you're still around

Saying sorry for the missed hellos and hugs

And every single time that I let you down

If love's supposed to be the answer