Chase Logan - Charlie Lyrics

On the day we knew you were coming
Flashes of former strife
We had seen our struggles
But everything had turned out alright

There's no possible way to be ready
For changes that would come our way
Nothing was right, but nothing was wrong
We didn't know, nobody would say

So we chose to move on with our lives
Across one country and another
And I couldn't admit it
That you were not the same as your brother

All those nights we spent in that trailer
A weight pressing down on her chest
If I wouldn't listen to reason
How could I have known what was best

The warnings came like small subtle waves
Signs of a vast changing ocean
Your mother cried as I lied to myself
She's just overcome with emotion

Once we finally settled
Thought we'd left our troubles behind
Something still came quietly creeping
The struggle to keep you alive

I wish I could say that I was numbing some pain
But that's not what it was
To this day I don't know what it is
But I know it's not gone
No I won't let it be gone

Lord we wanted you to stay
Boy we needed you to stay
But that wasn't our call
Never had such painful days
Never felt so many ways
Surely now I've felt them all

Twenty minutes was enough
To make everything you love
Feel like it could disappear without a word
But it helps to ease my mind
To know for that point in time
You were here with all of us in this world