The Bravest Smile | 80s Power Ballad | Emotional Original Song

If you’ve ever wished you could turn back time just to say the words that mattered most... for Mom I was only eight years old back then Chasing the sun where the backyard begins You sat on the porch in the warm afternoon Humming along to an old gentle tune Whenever I stumbled and scraped up my knee You opened your arms as a shelter for me You made every fear in the dark disappear With a laugh that was ringing so sweet and so clear I never saw the winter gathering in your eyes Or heard the silent battle underneath the skies You kept the bitter cold from blowing on my face And held me safe inside of your embrace! You wore the bravest smile to hide the fading light! My guardian angel standing in the night! I was too young to know, too blind to understand The quiet courage in your gentle hand! Oh, I never said I loved you, never said goodbye... You wore the bravest smile! Now decades have passed and I look in the glass Watching the seasons of memory pass I finally see how the hourglass ran And what it required to stand by your plan The heaviest cross that a mother could bear Was knowing you’d leave me alone in your chair Yet every sweet morning you pulled back the blinds And buried the sorrow you carried behind I never saw the winter gathering in your eyes Or heard the silent battle underneath the skies You kept the bitter cold from blowing on my face And held me safe inside of your embrace! You wore the bravest smile to hide the fading light! My guardian angel standing in the night! I was too young to know, too blind to understand The quiet courage in your gentle hand! Oh, I never said I loved you, never said goodbye... You wore the bravest smile! Now that I’m older, the truth breaks my heart... It wasn't the goodbye that tore you apart... It was looking at me while the clock ticked away And smiling so your little boy could play! You were my hero then, you're my hero now! I hope you hear me shout it out somehow! You wore the bravest smile to hide the fading light! My guardian angel standing in the night! I was too young to know, too blind to understand The quiet courage in your gentle hand! Oh, I never said I loved you, never said goodbye... You wore the bravest smile! (The bravest smile...) I love you, mom... (My guardian angel...) I see you smiling through the stars tonight... Oh, the bravest smile...