[Intro] Yeah… I used to wonder if any of it stuck All those nights I sat with ghosts Trying to become the thing I never had [Verse 1] Long nights patching holes I didn’t make Long roads walking back from places I would’ve run I learned to stay when everything in me said leave Learned to speak when silence was the only tongue I knew Made mistakes that still echo in my chest Picked the pieces up and tried to hand you better ones Never knew if the work would ever show Or if I was just building walls for walls’ sake [Pre-Chorus] Then that text lit up the dark “Grandad in nine months” — casual as rain And now you’re standing in fluorescent light Holding her hand like the ground ain’t moving [Chorus] Maybe it was worth it Every scar I had to name out loud Every time I chose to stay When running felt like the only way out Maybe all those broken nights Were just the price of learning how to stand So you could stand there now Steadier than I ever learned to be [Verse 2] I won’t tell you “don’t be like him” ’Cause some of him lives in your laugh, your stubborn chin I just want you to steer it different Keep the fire, lose the part that burned the ones who loved him You don’t have to carry what I carried But if any piece of me helps you show up clean Then take it — it’s yours That’s how we break the chain without breaking the boy inside the man [Pre-Chorus] You don’t need my wounds to prove you’re strong You just need to know I see you Doing the one thing I was still learning at your age [Chorus] Yeah it was worth it Every late-night “you good?” text I sent Every time I chose presence over pride ’Cause you didn’t need another speech You needed someone who stayed awake And now you’re that someone For the little life that’s already kicking at 28 weeks [Bridge – softer, almost spoken] I used to think healing was a solo climb A lonely road to somewhere safer But watching you show up for her tonight I realise the hill was never mine to finish It was always meant to be passed on A little higher A little steadier A little less afraid [Final Chorus – lifted but grounded] It was worth it Every mile I walked so you wouldn’t have to Every time I chose repair over rage Every quiet choice to be the father I never got to have I don’t need thanks Don’t need credit Just seeing you choose her When the easy road said walk away That’s the proof I didn’t know I needed That the work was never wasted [Outro] Some stories we tell ourselves just to survive the night Others we live into something that outlives us This one’s the second kind And watching you write the next page… Yeah mate That’s worth every single one I turned.
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