Away When You Were Here

歌詞

Dad I know you were sad when you died And I was young It's the way that I kept you in my mind A mess that was left and a mother who cried And when she stood up she was nobody's mother I'd be fine But I missed you then And I miss you now Like you'd miss things I might say You seemed lost in clouds But I'm older now I can see through lifting haze That you were away even when you were here Sometimes a phrase or a manner that's you Comes through me and goes in a flash It's a frame, it's a blink like life How much now should we pay for the past You could age with grace If I freed you in my mind But I loved you then And I love you now All the things I wish I'd asked When I'm lost in clouds I remember how I was robbed and I was blessed Because you were away even when you were here It's not about you anymore It's about what I do with it all I'll never let you let me down This morning I awake to be older than you were Fresh white snow for miles Every footstep will be mine You'd have lost that weight You'd have gone so straight You'd have made my wedding day You'd have saved my youth From that bullet of truth You'd have kept those wolves at bay But you were away You were away even when you were here