FATHER REGGAE 1

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Father, love is not a toy you give away, It cannot be bought with sweets for a day, Whatever the reasons made you turn your back on me, I drifted like a broken kite, lost in the raging sea. ​[Verse 2] I tried to hide the void, to cover up the ache, Of a piece of my life that you decided to take, I built my walls up thicker than a tank of steel, Trying to kill the hope that a father’s love is real. ​[Chorus] But you shined much more by your absence, Than by the warmth of your benevolence, Since you planted in me this hollow space, I was running wrong, lost in a lonely race. ​[Verse 3] One day I grew up, and the bitterness did fade, I learned to live with the choices you made, But I never saw you turning old and gray, Never saw your smile to light up my day. ​[Bridge] Jah called you home when the time was way too soon, I wanted to know you, beneath the morning moon, I dream you talk to me from the heavens up above, Telling me you regret the life that denied us our love. ​[Outro] I see you through the eyes of others I meet, Reflections of a story that feels bittersweet, You opened up the doors, let the truth finally show, And now, father, I finally know.