I Need You To Know

I'll sit here all night

Waiting while you fight

We've been here before

But this feels different tonight

The room is getting quieter

The space between breaths grows wide

And I can feel forever

Standing just outside

Growing up I didn't understand

Why love was hard for you to say

I spent years looking for the words

While you loved me your own way

If the sun comes up and you're gone

I need you to know

You were more than your mistakes

More than all your scars

You were my father

I was your son

And there's more of you in me

Than I ever knew

We both made mistakes

We both crossed lines

But we said our sorries

Before goodbye

The older I got

The more I could see

The pain you carried

That you never put on me

I spent years trying to understand

Why love felt so hard for you

Now I finally see the truth

You were trying to give me

What nobody gave to you

If the sun comes up and you're gone

I need you to know

You can rest now

You can let go

You were more than your mistakes

More than all your scars

You were my father

I was your son

You were trying to give me

What nobody gave to you

And there's more of you in me

Than I ever knew

The sun came up

And you were gone

But you're still here