Dad's Old Toolbox · 我爸的旧工具箱

[Verse 1]

Third week since the funeral and the garage still smells the same

Work light on a extension cord, a moth inside the flame

Mom said take the toolbox, said it's got your daddy's name

Not written, just, you know — the way he kept the thing

Right side latch is broken, left side snaps up clean

And I stood there for an hour 'cause I didn't know what that means

[Pre-Chorus]

And I could leave it in the corner, I could tape it up and go

But he never left a single thing he didn't want me to know

[Chorus]

Dad's old toolbox and the latch is broke on one side

Every wrench in order, not a single thing explained

He kept it all in the garage where the light don't reach

I got the tools but I never got the hands

Dad's old toolbox, and it's heavier than it looks

[Verse 2]

Somebody wiped the sockets down, somebody laid a cloth

Flannel from the nineties with a hole burned through the top

Biggest wrench on the left side, smallest on the right

And the lid's got tape across it holding nothing to the light

And I don't know how to use one, I don't know a single name

I could point at every tool here and not tell you what it's for

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And he never sat me down, he never said a word

He just kept the whole thing ready like a language I'd learn

[Chorus 2]

Dad's old toolbox and the latch is broke on one side

Every wrench in order, not a single thing explained

He kept it all in the garage where the light don't reach

I got the tools but I never got the hands

Dad's old toolbox, and it's heavier than it looks

[Bridge]

I'm not gonna fix a car

I'm not gonna build a shelf

I'm just gonna sit out here

And hold the thing he held

He never said I love you

He just kept the socket clean

That's the same damn sentence

In a different vocabulary

(I got the tools)

[Final Chorus]

Dad's old toolbox and the latch is broke on one side

Every wrench in order, and I finally understand

He kept it all in the garage where the light don't reach

I got the tools and I'm learning what he meant

Dad's old toolbox — thank you for the weight

[Outro]

Thank you for the weight

Dad's old toolbox