Eleven And A Half

[Intro]
Feels like yesterday…
Before time started moving fast

[Verse 1]
Backpack waiting by the door
Like a hundred times before
Same sweet smile, same gentle light
Same little laugh that fills the night

Nothing’s broken, nothing’s gone
You’re still my boy, still holding on
But time keeps moving all the same
And I can feel the season change

[Pre-Chorus]
And it hits me all at once
How fast the years can run
You’re still right here the way you’ve been
But childhood doesn’t stay for long

[Chorus]
Sean, time is moving way too fast
I still reach for moments that never last
New halls, new names, new world to see
But you will always be that whole world to me

Sean, I know I can’t slow the years
I just hold you closer through these tears
Go be everything you’re meant to be
But you’ll always be my son to me

[Post-Chorus]
My son to me
(stay with me)

[Verse 2]
Last year before it all moves on
Before this little world is gone
Elementary days fade out
And something new is calling now

New school waiting down the line
New friends, new roads, a different time
And I’m proud of every step you take
Even when my heart starts to break

[Pre-Chorus]
And it hits me all at once
You’re growing day by day
Still the same sweet soul I know
But life won’t let this stay

[Chorus]
Sean, time is moving way too fast
I still reach for moments that never last
New halls, new names, new world to see
But you will always be that whole world to me

Sean, I know I can’t slow the years
I just hold you closer through these tears
Go be everything you’re meant to be
But you’ll always be my son to me

[Bridge]
One day I won’t be close enough
To catch you every time you fall
So I’m trying to leave you something now
That time can’t take at all

A little strength, a little light
A voice that stays inside your heart
So wherever life may carry you
You’ll know just who you are

[Breakdown]
If I can’t stop the years
(LET THEM HEAR)
If I can’t hold this phase
(DON’T FADE)
If I can’t walk every road
(WITH YOU)
Just take my love wherever you go

[Final Chorus]
Sean, don’t let these days go too fast
I know I was never meant to make them last
New skies, new dreams, new life to find
But I still keep every version of you in my mind

Sean, and even when the years move on
Even when this little phase is gone
Go be everything you’re meant to be
BUT YOU’LL ALWAYS BE MY SON TO ME

[Outro]
Feels like yesterday…
And you’ll always be my son to me