My Heart Rises and Sets in You

December 27, 2025

For my children, my grandchildren, and all who come after — my heart lives on in you.

I wasn’t always there at bedtime,
Or standing in the crowd.
Some love had to be carried,
In messages, prayers, and out loud.
I learned your lives through stories,
Through pictures passed my way.
But every mile between us,
Never took my love away.

Pre-Chorus
Distance doesn’t break a bond,
When the heart stays true.

Chorus
My heart rises and sets in you,
In every dawn, in every night.
Even loving you from far away,
You were always in my sight.
Through all your seasons, old and new,
Every road you’re walking through.
My heart rises and sets in you.

Verse 2
Some of you were growing up,
While I was learning too.
I may have missed some moments,
But I never missed the truth.
Every prayer I ever whispered,
Was still for you.

Pre-Chorus
Time can heal what distance made,
Love still makes it through.

Chorus
My heart rises and sets in you,
In every dawn, in every night.
If you ever wondered where I was,
I was loving you with all my might.
Through all your seasons, old and new,
Every road you’re walking through.
My heart rises and sets in you.

Bridge
If guilt ever speaks my name,
Let it pass you by.
Love is bigger than the years,
And stronger than goodbye.
What I couldn’t give in presence,
I learned to give in truth.

Final Chorus
My heart rises and sets in you,
With every sun that finds the sky.
If you ever feel I missed you,
Know I never said goodbye.
From this moment on, forever through,
All the love I ever knew is you.
My heart rises…
My heart sets…
My heart lives in you

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