Oh Father

from Silver Star by Shane Casey

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Oh father, where did you go?
you left me alone
you left me outside with the wolves

and i struggled to follow your ghost
i walked up the coast
and watched all the lights from the city

i'm stumbling out on my own
i'm swallowing stones
in the hopes that the world might stop spinning

i'm breathing in salt through my lungs
the songs that you sung
they just keep on echoing with me

so mother, don't ask me to stay
im runnin away
im runnin from all of that pain and my troubles

this world that ive found
the ups and the downs
to all of my friends and my family

my brothers, you'll stay in my thoughts
as i travel abroad
through all of the states and the cities

and sisters, you'll stay in my heart
though we fell apart
i left you outside and im sorry

dear cousin, what you could have been
the light at the end
oh god, you were burning so brightly

and sorrow was all that i had
the weight at my back
i swear i could feel you beside me

and judy there's so much to say
i hope you're okay
i hope that you never forgive me

i want to know if you're with me
and i need to know if you're there

I just want to know
I just want to know

so i'll pray for each day that comes next
for me and my friends
as i lay awake in my bed

and i'll stay and i'll wade through the mess
with all i have left
i'll carry that flame in my empty chest

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from Silver Star, released August 21, 2020

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