Weathered hands that carved my name
Built these walls from broken clay
Scars tell tales I've yet to claim
Walking paths you walked yesterday
Mirror shows your stubborn jaw
Fire burns behind these eyes
What you planted, what I saw
Growing tall beneath your skies
Pulse runs deep
Through these veins
Thunder rolls across the ridge
Same as when you stood here young
Crossing over every bridge
Songs you taught, I've always sung
Iron will and calloused palms
Pass like seasons, fall to spring
In your arms I learned these psalms
Of the pain that loving brings
Pulse runs deep
Through these veins
Everything you gave to me
Lives and breathes inside this chest
Every choice and every plea
Every failure, every test
Pulse runs deep
Through these veins
When the earth reclaims us both
When our names fade from the stone
Still your strength, still your oath
Flows through marrow, blood, and bone