I wonder if they saw the sky in your eyes
You wanted to be free
Wanted to fly away
I wonder if they saw the kindness behind
The violence and pride had to fly away

I don't care what they say about you
And I ain't about to
Unless some of the people that you came out to
The world just won't be the same without you
So much discomfort in your home
All got mixed up left all alone
Kept it in and left on the road, gone
I can hear your daddy now
Yappin about how ya let him down
Dived into a book that's leather bound and drowning in it
Mister misunderstood
So quick to abandon ship
When the camera clicks and there ain't a frame in which your picture fits
Everywhere you went there you were
Had to carry your barriers on your shoulders
Like boulders holding you down
Wish I could tell you just how much you would mean to me
And free you from the feeling keeping you from being at peace

When I walked through the dark
You lent me your dreams
I hope you knew how much I cared
How much you mean to me
So here I am to write this one last letter
To sing this one last song
To say I miss you
And I wish you weren't gone

Can you hear me?

I wonder if they saw the sky in your eyes
You wanted to be free
Wanted to fly away
I wonder if they saw the kindness behind
The violence and pride had to fly away

I remember when I met you
I saw a light inside of you
No way that you could hide the truth
The spirit was living inside of you
You took me under your wing
More than my brother
We’d sing until we'd all rejoice
We often lost our voice
Talk me so much about the Lord
Everytime you spoke it struck a cord
I saw the way you swung a sword and wanted to fight too
You were living to serve
Expecting nothing in return and in return you got a whole lot
Of blessings in the name of your God
I watched as the pain of your past stole your laughter
After the last time we spoke I didn't know that it would be our last words
Just wanna tell you just how much that you mean to me and free you from the feeling keeping you from being at peace


When I walked through the dark
You lent me your dreams
I hope you knew how much I cared
How much you mean to me
So here I am to write this one last letter
To sing this one last song
To say I miss you
And I wish you weren't gone

Can you hear me?

I wonder if they saw the sky in your eyes
You wanted to be free
Wanted to fly away
I wonder if they saw the kindness behind
The violence and pride had to fly away

Went to see you
Police outside your place already
Knew something wrong
But I really wasn't ready
They told me you were gone and then the tears began to fall
I was all a mess I confess I was mad at God
We all still love you here
And we'll never forget
Even weak in the end, you still have my love and respect
I'll never know the battles that you had to face
But I know that God forgives you in his everlasting grace
See I don't mourn now like the non-believers
I know that faith saved you a place in freedom
Just want to tell you just how much that it means to me to know that you're free with Jesus and you're finally at peace

When I walked through the dark
You lent me your dreams
I hope you knew how much I cared
How much you mean to me
So here I am to write this one last letter
To sing this one last song
To say I miss you
And I wish you weren't gone

Can you hear me?