Borrowed Daughters

Borrowed Daughters Verse 1 I still fold tiny memories Like little dresses in a drawer Birthday candles, tangled bracelets Names I don’t say anymore Some were only passing through me Like sunlight through a screen door frame But every heart I ever held Still answers when I pray their name Pre-Chorus Love don’t disappear just because Life changed its mind Chorus I still pray for borrowed daughters Hope somebody braids their hair Hope they know I loved them deeply Even when I couldn’t stay there Hope they dance without embarrassment Laugh so hard they lose their breath And if they ever feel forgotten I hope love finds them again somehow yet Verse 2 Some were never fully mine Some I lost before hello Some grew wings inside my silence Some were dreams I had to let go But every empty little future Still lives somewhere in my chest Like God let me hold the outline Even if He kept the rest Pre-Chorus And I’ve learned not every mother Gets to keep what she adores Chorus I still pray for borrowed daughters Hope somebody braids their hair Hope they know I loved them deeply Even when I couldn’t stay there Hope they know I kept their artwork And the tiny things they said Hope they never doubt their goodness From the stories living in my head Bridge Maybe love was never measured By forever after all Maybe some hearts come to teach us How to hold on while letting go And if they ever wonder somewhere If they mattered passing through There’s a woman lighting candles Still carrying pieces of you Final Chorus Yeah I still pray for borrowed daughters For every girl I almost knew For the ones who called me family And the ones who never got to And Heaven knows I would’ve kept them Safe from every hurt and storm But sometimes love arrives as shelter Not a place somebody stays for long Outro Still… I thank God for borrowed daughters