Like My Father

I can't help but be like my father

But I've never been in a place like this before

To watch his eyes fill with water

Two years to the day since he last saw my mother

And now that he lives here alone

Is the love they had all but gone

It's better to have it and leave it

Then never to have it and need it at all

Is life, my love, such a bitter thing?

Well I can't comprehend what I'm seeing

That this man that I hold over everything

Even he's weak

So tell me what you want to be, and anything you want to see

Anywhere you want to go and I'll go with you now

I've seen mortality bring a stronger man to his knees

And I'm not inclined to just wait around

When we were young we could be anything that we wanted to be

With the world at our feet

But I just want to be me

I can't help but be like my father

But I've never been in a place like this before

To have my eyes fill with water

Two years to the day since I last saw my love

And now that I'm left here alone

Is the love we shared all but gone

If someone loves you and leaves you

Well how do you know if their love lives on?

Is life, my love, such a bitter thing?

Well I can't comprehend what I'm seeing

That this man that I hold over everything

Even he's weak

So tell me what you want to be, and anything you want to see

Anywhere you want to go and I'll go with you now

I've seen mortality bring a stronger man to his knees

And I'm not inclined to just wait around

When we were young we could be anything that we wanted to be

With the world at our feet

But I just want to be me