[Verse 1] Cradle-side whispers, I’m drafting these confessions Clock hands slicing dinners into missed connections Blueprints on the table, your drawings got neglected Paychecks stacked high, but your questions went unanswered I chased figures, decimal places over presence Built a kingdom out of absence, called it protection Your first steps happened somewhere I wasn’t standing Heard about it later through a screen, buffering, lagging Lullabies replaced by the hum of late commutes Suit wrinkled, spirit thinning, buried under suits I told myself sacrifice would shape a better fate Didn’t see the distance growing heavy at the gate You reached for me, I reached deadlines instead Tucked ambition in your place beside your bed Every bedtime story traded for a contract clause Now I’m reading through regrets, trying to find a cause [Chorus] I gave you shelter, but I ghosted all the moments Built a future, never lived inside the present Now these echoes fill the rooms I never stayed in I was working for your lives, not living with them [Verse 2] Now you grown, voices deeper, eyes carry distance Conversations feel formal, wrapped in resistance I see myself inside your silence when you listen Like you learned how to love with careful restriction Graduation seats, I watched through a replay Pixelated pride, but I wasn’t in the same place You learned strength without a guide in your vicinity Turned independence into quiet resiliency I hear your tone, polite, but there’s a fracture Respect intact, but affection got captured Time slipped quick, now I’m aging in reflection Every memory I missed turned into a lesson I tried to give you everything I never had Didn’t realize everything excluded dad Now I’m speaking from a place that’s almost too late Hoping honesty might somehow recalibrate [Chorus] I gave you shelter, but I ghosted all the moments Built a future, never lived inside the present Now these echoes fill the rooms I never stayed in I was working for your lives, not living with them [Bridge] If currency could purchase back a single second I’d bankrupt every deal just to feel your presence Trade every title, every milestone, every gain For a seat at your table, hearing laughter in my name [Chorus] I gave you shelter, but I ghosted all the moments Built a future, never lived inside the present Now these echoes fill the rooms I never stayed in I was working for your lives, not living with them [Outro] So if you ever face that fork inside your road Don’t confuse provision with a heart that’s close Legacy ain’t numbers, it’s the time you spend Don’t inherit my mistake, be there in the end