Daddy Never Gave Up on Me - Strewn Ashes

Released: August 5, 2025

**Title: "Daddy Never Gave Up on Me"**
© 2025, Words & music by Seb Saint. All rights reserved.

**Verse 1:**
I ran from the porch light into the night,
Hiding behind that old maple tree.
Tears on my face, ready to fight —
But you waited there patiently.
Didn’t shout, didn’t chase, just called out my name,
Because love doesn’t bargain or flee.

**Chorus:**
Daddy never gave up on me,
When I was hard to hold, and hard to please.
Through all the silence, all the strain,
You showed up again and again.
In a world that bends and breaks so easily —
Daddy never gave up on me.

**Verse 2:**
I broke your heart when I walked away,
Told the truth you didn’t wanna hear.
You had your Bible, I had my pride,
And we lived that way too many years.
But somehow you still made a place for me,
Still you loved me through your fears.

**Verse 3:**
You gave your love to strangers and friends,
Built your life on grace and peace.
Taught me that kindness never ends,
Even when words and doctrines cease.
Now I walk with your echo inside,
A quiet, unwavering truth.

**Bridge:**
And I still hear you — not in sermons or songs,
But in holding on when the days feel long.
Your voice, like a whisper, steady and low:
"Keep choosing love — it’s the only way, son."

**Final Chorus:**
Daddy never gave up on me,
When I was lost in the in-between.
Through every wall I tried to raise,
You met me with a patient grace.
And now I try to be what you taught me to be —
Someone who never gives up…
…like you never gave up on me.

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