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