Happier

I've never seen your face

But your blood runs through my veins

And I wish you would've stayed

My dad needed you to be brave

You didn't live up to your name

And you ran away

Left my dad to

Pick up all your pieces

A broken home where

Nothing came easy

Left town, let us down

The things that I would say to you

Do you ever think of us or are you happier

And I'm sorry the ones you left couldn't make you happier

And was it easy for you to walk away

And have a stranger for a son, it was just a memory

I know you'll never see the man that he became

Do you even want to

The things that I would say to you

Are you happier?

The things that I would say to you

I thought that you're happier

You cut down your family tree

But we landed by streams

And we're growing deep, oh oh

I wish you could see our roots run deep

Deep in the ground, dig 'em up and see

All the pain and suffering

Replaced with grace like water, it's flowing

I wish you read the message on the bottle

Instead of numbing all of your problems

Left town, let us down

The things that I would say to you

(Say to you)

Do you ever think of us or are you happier?

(Are you happier)

And I'm sorry the ones you left couldn't make you happier

(Make you happier)

And was it easy for you to walk away

And have a stranger for a son, it was just a memory

I know you'll never see the man that he became

Do you even want to?

The things that I would say to you

Are you happier?

The things that I would say to you

I thought that you're happier

And, oh, after everything you've done to your family

There's grace in the blood from a Father

Who won't ever leave, no

Ooo, I hear that you're happier

Do you ever think of us or are you happier?

And I'm sorry the ones you left couldn't make you happier

And was it easy for you to walk away

You watched a son become a stranger for another drink

Though you'll never see the kids that he raised

I forgive you

Does that make you happier

I pray that you're happier