Karaoké Stand by My Grave Mikhail Bennett

Mmh mmh mmh mmh

Mmh mmh mmh mmh

Mmh mmh mmh

I remember that old dirt driveway

Your little hand inside my arm

You used to say

Don't leave me daddy

Now I sit here all alone

I gave my years to keep you standin'

Worked these hands down to the bone

Somewhere between this life and pride

You stopped comin' home

The scripture says

A father gives good gifts to his son

I gave you everything I had

Still somehow we came undone

Stand by my grave when heaven calls me and read the words beneath my name

Tell God the man beneath the stone loved his son through all the pain

And if your tears fall on the roses after all these years apart

Know every prayer

I whispered for you was written on my heart

Your mother left this world in winter

And I watched my whole life fade

I tried to fight the grief inside me

But sorrow changed the man I made

I drowned my nights inside the bottle like Jonah runnin' from the sea

Until one broken midnight prayer brought Jesus back to me

The prodigal came home forgiven

That's what the scriptures say

So I still leave the porch light burnin' in case you find your way

Stand by my grave when I am sleepin' and tell me you remember now

Tell me all the years between us finally lay their weapons down

And if God lets the dead his sorrow

I'll hear every word you say

So don't wait until I'm gone son to love me this way

Ezekiel saw dry bones awaken

So maybe hearts can live again

Maybe what this world calls broken

God still calls His son

And maybe somewhere beyond this silence you'll take my hand again

Stand by my grave but don't just mourn me

Bring everyone you could not heal

Lay them beside these tired flowers and finally let yourself feel

Because the Father waits in heaven like I waited here below

With open arms for sons still wonderin'

Hopin' they come home

And when you whisper

Father

I'm sorry

I'll ask Jesus to hold you for me