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As I laid in bed I heard the pop pop popping of the fireworks outside

My new lonely 4th of July lullaby

A big salty tear streamed down my sticky face

Reminding me of how easy it was for me to be replaced

Watching a movie reel in my mind of memories not that long ago

I dont want to pay admission but I'm forced to watch this show

Like remebering us sitting in the bed of your truck down by the lake

Watching the sky change colors and listening to the delayed boom the echoes make

The boys in PJs half asleep but in awe

Their big brown eyes mesmerized by what they just saw

If only I could freeze time so their eyes stay innocent from the pain to come

Well at least for one, and hoping the other won't realize because he's just so young

Too young to realize that hearts can burst open like fireworks in the sky

And vows can be broken in the blink of an eye

So photograph this night and tuck it away in your mind

You may search for this moment or you may try to find

A new version of it to avoid any pain that it may bring

But you can never replicate it or lessen its sharp sting

So as I lay here with this  breath stealing ache

I'm reminded of all that  you took and still take

You stole my fireworks, my fourth, my family

But you can never have that night back or that memory

Now the 4th of July just makes me cry

As Im forced to hear my  past outside

One day you may glimpse what you took from me

And once the fireworks fade and only smoke left to see 

You will close your eyes and remember that night by the lake

And you should pray that God  forgives all the choices we make

And pray that God forgives all the hearts that we break