[Verse 1]
The trampoline at dusk, those plastic sabers glowin' red
We fought the Empire back, chasing shadows in my head
Then later on, my sweet four-year-old, whispered soft and low and true
"Wish you and Mama still together," and my old hurt broke through.
[Verse 2]
That feeling, it's a quiet hum, beneath the surface still
A lonely ghost of what we lost, climbing up this lonely hill
For all the dreams we used to paint, in colors bright and bold
Now just a story in the wind, a memory growing cold.
[Chorus]
Yeah, sometimes this old heart still aches, for a picture never quite framed
For a future that got shattered, a promise wrongly claimed
But my love for you, my precious girls, it's bigger than the past
And we'll build our own bright skies, baby, a magic built to last.
[Verse 3]
I call you every morning, every single night, just to hear your voice
Bridge the space between us, ain't got much of a choice
This grief, it rides beside me, quiet passenger in the truck
For what we could have been, girls, and just plain dumb bad luck.
[Chorus]
Yeah, sometimes this old heart still aches, for a picture never quite framed
For a future that got shattered, a promise wrongly claimed
But my love for you, my precious girls, it's bigger than the past
And we'll build our own bright skies, baby, a magic built to last.
[Bridge]
It ain't about the woman I loved, that chapter's long since turned
It's the little girl who wished for things, the lessons I have learned
That even when the storm has passed, some clouds still linger 'round
But through them all, your laughter, girls, is the sweetest, clearest sound.
[Chorus]
Yeah, sometimes this old heart still aches, for a picture never quite framed
For a future that got shattered, a promise wrongly claimed
But my love for you, my precious girls, it's bigger than the past
And we'll build our own bright skies, baby, a magic built to last.
[Outro]
Yeah, we'll build our own bright skies, girl, with every sunset shared.
Just you and me and imagination, showing how much Daddy cared.
More than anything... Yeah.