Before Grandma

[Verse 1]
I found your other life beneath the attic beams,
Your letters tied in blue, still warm with old ink.
“Don’t call me good,” you wrote. “I wanted more.”
And suddenly I didn’t know you anymore.

[Chorus]
Lily rose, who were you before you were mine?
Who broke your heart—and whose name did you hide?
I came looking for keepsakes, found a woman on fire,
Still burning between every line.

[Verse 2]
You wrote of a train at the edge of the town,
Of his hands, your fear, and not settling down.
You loved him, you left him; you missed him for years—
Then signed every letter with “Don’t let them see these tears.”

[Bridge]
I used to think your silence meant a life without scars.
Now I hear your wild heart beating under ours.

[Outro]
I fold up your letters, but I can’t fold you away.
I wish I’d known the woman you were before Grandma.