Lost time lost trust

Lyrics

[Intro - lonely acoustic guitar, muted 808s, half-spoken male vocal]
Yeah...
I watched the clock, watched my life slip slow
Missed too many calls, let too many hearts go

[Verse 1 - dusty country twang, sparse trap drums, reflective rap-sung flow]
Mama left a light on, but I kept the night
Chasin’ that numb, tellin’ myself I’d be alright
Brother at the door with a voice full of pain
I was too far gone, drivin’ through the rain

Daddy said, “Son, where’d you go?” I said, “I’m here”
But my hands shook hard and my vision went clear
Clear enough to see what I’d been runnin’ from
A house full of love, and a heart turned numb

[Pre-Chorus - rising fiddle, building percussion, strained melodic vocal]
I kept sayin’ “tomorrow,” but tomorrow got late
Kept buildin’ my prison with every mistake
Now I’m standin’ in the wreckage, hearin’ what I lost
Every bridge I burned had a name on the cost

[Chorus - big country hook, heavy kick, soaring harmonies, anthemic]
I lost time, I lost trust, I lost the ones I needed
Pushed away the hands that were always undefeated
Now I’m prayin’ for the chance to make it right
Tryna find my way back through the tears and the fight
If love is a road, then I took the wrong lane
But I’m turnin’ this around, I ain’t stayin’ the same
I lost time, but I’m here, and I’m finally seein’
You can break a soul, but you can also start believin’

[Verse 2 - gritty rap verse, banjo plucks, punchy 808s, confessional tone]
I remember the texts I left on read
The worry in they eyes, the words I never said
Friends quit callin’, said they couldn’t watch me fade
I was lyin’ to my mirror, ghost in the shade

Late nights, bad choices, a devil on my trail
Every promise I made was a letter in the mail
Never got delivered, never made it home
Now I’m payin’ for the places that I chose to roam

I was married to the bottle, chained to the need
Took a good life and let it bleed
But rock bottom taught me what pride couldn’t teach
That the ones I love were always within reach

[Bridge - stripped-back piano, soft fiddle, vulnerable harmonies]
If you still got room for me
If there’s still a seat at the table
I’m not askin’ for easy
Just the strength to be stable

[Final Chorus - full-band country rap anthem, powerful harmonies, driving drums]
I lost time, I lost trust, I lost the ones I needed
Pushed away the hands that were always undefeated
Now I’m prayin’ for the chance to make it right
Tryna find my way back through the tears and the fight
If love is a road, then I took the wrong lane
But I’m turnin’ this around, I ain’t stayin’ the same
I lost time, but I’m here, and I’m finally seein’
You can break a soul, but you can also start believin’

[Outro - fading acoustic guitar, distant harmonica, hushed vocal]
Yeah, I’m on my way back home
One step at a time
One prayer at a time