57 Seconds - Evie Clair

It started with toys

On carpeted floors

Playing tag with you

Out in the grass

Oh how I miss that

Then pillow fights

And bowling nights

To Midnight snacks

And piggy back rides

We never seemed to get tired

I held your hand

all the way to the end

I sang those songs for you

Just to see you through

Did they see you through?

It’s all your baby girl could do

Football games

Secret smoothie runs

Late late at night

Oh we knew we had too much fun

You’d whisper, «remember, don’t tell mom»

Your tired eyes

Looking back at mine

I could see the pain in your smile

But you would always smile for me

And never let me see you hurt

But I know that it hurt

I wish I could’ve taken away all pain

But all I could do for you was sing

I held your hand

all the way to the end

I sang those songs for you

Just to see you through

Did they see you through?

It’s all your baby girl could do

57 Seconds

I just counted hopelessly

Please let him breathe

57 Seconds

I just stood there waiting

To hear your gasp of relief

Daddy, you always were

My very best friend

I held your hand

Even after the end

Oh how I’ll miss you my friend

But someone needed you more than me

I’m still your little girl

I just can’t sit in your knee

But I wish you could still hold me

Your tired eyes

Looking back at mine

I swear that I saw heavens open

In their shine

As I heard, «Love you, baby»

One last time…