Don't Wait Until I'm Gone | The Song Every Parent Needs to Hear | Mikhail Bennett LIVE "Monument"

Don't build me, don't carve my- Just tell my son I loved him But I couldn't make it known I've seen my share of winters I've watched the years move on I've held the ones I love so close And woke to find that I wasn't always gentle I wasn't always right Sometimes I let my wounded heart Turn love into a fight But God was there every fall And every road I crossed And grace kept finding this old man Each time I thought I was lost So when my final evening comes Lay this body Don't measure me by what Or the name I made in town Don't build me, don't carve my- Just tell my son I loved him But I couldn't make it known Tell my daughter she was all I I kissed years I knew Tell my little grandson He made an old heart To know he Blessed Left love inside your heart It's monument enough I still remember her beside me Before heaven called her home She knew the man beneath my scars Before I stood alone And when grief became my master I lost more than my way But God did not abandon me For my most broken day My children saw me at my worst Mercy brought us through With his father's eyes of blue Don't build me Just gather close around the ones Who should never stand alone Forgive before it's too late Say the words I couldn't say For each other while you still can Wave them to the grave My chair stands empty And God has called me home Sweet little one Walking late tonight Grandpa's arms will keep you young Till morning burns its light You don't know the roads I've walked The tears these eyes have known But when I hold you close like this I don't feel so alone Your daddy once was just like you A little hand in mine Back when life still made some sense And everything felt fine Then your grandmother went to heaven And I lost more than I could bear I tried to hide my broken heart But darkness found me there I reached for bottles instead of God And pushed away the ones I loved Your daddy couldn't watch me fall So one day he gave up So sleep, my little ransom Safe beneath God's grace You don't know how much healing Lies inside your face Because the Lord who never left me Lost my way Sent a little piece of mercy Into my house today Years went by like winter winds Quiet, cold and numb I prayed for things I'd broken And begged God to make me strong Then one day your daddy came back With tears inside his eyes He said, Dad, let's leave the past behind And I broke down and cried He placed you in my arms And, son, I'll never forget How God answered years of prayers In a moment I hadn't missed Sleep, my little ransom Watch as you The greatest gift God gave me Wasn't something new It was a second chance at family A second chance at love Wrapped inside two tiny hands Sent from heaven above Before my wife was through God healed an old man's broken heart Through you When I was young, I never counted The years slipping through my hands I thought there'd always be tomorrow Always time for bigger plans I watched my children growing older But somehow I never saw The little moments I was living Were the greatest of them all Nobody tells you when you're younger How fast forever goes I thought I had more time More sunsets left to see More chances to tell the ones I love What they mean to me I thought tomorrow would be waiting Like it always did before Now every day feels like a blessing I can't ignore I lost the woman that I loved most And suddenly time stood still Charlie became a man before me Rose grew up against my will Now all for a grass in my knee Days I thought would never end And I'd give everything I own To live just one again guitar solo The Bible says our lives are vapor Hid your day and quickly gone So hold the ones God gave you closely Before the moment's gone More time To heal the things I left undone To hold my wife To call my children To watch another rising sun But if these years have taught me anything It's this simple truth I've learned The greatest gift God ever gives us Is the time we never So tell them that you love them While they're still here Because one day you'll realize You thought you had more time guitar solo