Daddy Remember...

Daddy I'm lost and I'm hurting
Daddy I can't make it right
Daddy my heart became jaded
The day you stepped into the night

Daddy you told me you loved me
Daddy you promised you cared
Daddy I'll try to be brave now
Though I know you're no longer there

Daddy I know you were hurting
I'll never know how you did feel
But Daddy I know that your pain was intense
So haunting and so very real

When I heard the phone ring that evening
I knew something had to be wrong
I screamed as my kid brother told me
My Daddy had passed and was gone

I could not believe what he told me
His words tore through me like a knife
But Daddy nothing prepared me
When he said you took your own life

Daddy I'm scared and I'm lonely
A numbness that won't let me go
Daddy I wish I could tell you
The things that I want you to know

My mind never quiets for too long
And I hear that dark marching band
Daddy I'd give it all up now
If I could hold onto your hand

Daddy I need you to hear me
Though you need your rest too right now
Daddy I'll keep on believing in love
Though right now I just don't know how

I know you are one with forever
And your face I will never again see
The Daddy who gave me my courage
Who meant the whole world to me

If you should awake from your slumber
And look down on me from above
Daddy please remember your daughter
As I look up to you with my love