Erik Burch - Daddy lyrics

rate me

Old enough now, once the apple of his eyeWhat happened to my daddy, whose alibi?Mom kept him away with the attorney and liesTaught manipulation and to no great surpriseTo her winning the war meant cutting our tiesAnd turning her children into Nazi Youth spiesWhere are you daddy? Daddy! A charade, taken hostage, replaced yet aliveI played an accomplice, just to surviveMom taught me to hate him in sick subtle waysIt left me confused, so sad, yet amazedThat I was so blind, brainwashed and takenHer jealous self-loathing left my father forsakenIt was all too easy; it was destroyed, The God given-bond we once enjoyedAlienation or whatever you call itSevered my dad to just a limb with a walletWhere are you daddy? Daddy! All made official, bias condoned; Im just a pawn, a pawn to be ownedLittle girl, youre not thinking clearly, Dont treat me this wayNot knowing who youre hurting, dont be lead astray, Maybe somedaySomeday (my mom)Its still not clear, without a clue, In control of the lies in the best interest of whomFather forgotten, swept under the carpet, Stuck in the mud, bones in the tar pitI was forgiven but I never came, Now the wedge driven, nothings the same, nothingNo one comes to the father except through the courtKnock and be sent away from crimes cohortLosing your mind, Too small to save you Daddy! Too small to save you, can I ever forgive?Myself the part of us that failed to liveI cant stop thinking of you, Not knowing who youre hurting but Im hurting tooIts tearing my heart in twoBut its already dark outside, Reaching out as Im losing my mindSo hear me, (seek and hide) be near me, Dont take too long till you belongCome back to me Daddy! Daddy.But its already dark outsideReaching out as Im losing my mind, come back to me