**Title: Every Breath Is a Promise**

**Verse 1** I still see your little hands wrapped around my thumb Midnight blue pajamas, cartoons barely done You were fallin’ asleep in the glow of that TV light I was memorizing you, ‘cause I knew life could bite They drew their crooked lines, turned our world upside down Signed their names in black ink, tried to cut you out somehow They can stack up all their papers like a wall between our eyes But they can’t touch the truth livin’ where my heartbeat lies --- **Pre-Chorus** I know they talk in rooms where you can’t understand But every night I’m holdin’ you with these empty hands --- **Chorus** Rylan, every breath I take is a promise I’m not gone I have never walked away, I’ve been fighting all along Through the fire, through the courtroom lies and all their thunder too I am walkin’ every broken road that might lead me back to you Time can’t break us, distance can’t shake us, no judge, no paper can undo You’re my son forever, and my love will find you Oh Rylan, I will never stop fighting for you --- **Verse 2** I still hear your little laugh, bubbles in your chest Dinosaurs on the carpet, jelly on your Sunday vest You made the darkest morning feel like sunrise on my skin You’re the reason I kept breathing when my world was caving in Now it’s me and these long nights, whispering your name Talking to the ceiling fan like it could take my pain Every storm outside my window just reminds me what is true If the wind can cross these mountains, then my prayers can reach you too --- **Pre-Chorus** I know they might be telling you I just let go and ran Baby, that’s a story made of fear, not who I am --- **Chorus** Rylan, every breath I take is a promise I’m not gone I have never walked away, I’ve been fighting all along Through the fire, through the courtroom lies and all their thunder too I am walkin’ every broken road that might lead me back to you Time can’t break us, distance can’t shake us, no judge, no paper can undo You’re my son forever, and my love will find you Oh Rylan, I will never stop fighting for you --- **Bridge** I’ve stood in halls of echoing walls, my voice a fragile flame But I said your name like a battle cry, and I’d do it all again I’ve signed my soul on dotted lines, I’ve bled my heart in prayer When they tried to write me out, boy, I was still right there In the ashes of these long years, there’s a light that won’t go out It’s the sound of you just breathing that my faith is all about If the mountains move between us, I will climb them in my tears ‘Cause love like this don’t vanish, it just outlives all the fear --- **Breakdown / Soft Chorus** Rylan, you may not understand the things you hear or see But every step I take, I’m walking back to you, you’re walkin’ here to me Not time, not lies, not distance, not fear, not the coldest gavel’s sound Can change the truth