Without Your Echo

I was twenty-one when your shadow did fade

Left me standing where the memories stayed

Your laugh's now an echo I can't ever find

A ghost in the corners of my restless mind

Oh father oh father why leave me alone

The weight of your absence has carved into bone

I scream to the heavens but the sky stays still

This ache in my chest no time could ever fill

You carried your battle in silence and haze

Behind tired eyes through the darkest of days

The sun kept on shining I didn't know why

Until you chose whispers instead of goodbye

Your picture on the mantel it burns like a flame

A piece of my soul shattered into your name

They say time heals but the clocks all lie

Each tick and tock’s just a tear I can't dry

Oh father oh father why leave me alone

The weight of your absence has carved into bone

I scream to the heavens but the sky stays still

This ache in my chest no time could ever fill

Now I stand in the storm where your love once flew

Your voice gets softer but I hold on to you

Though gone you still guide me in my heart’s dim light

A beacon of strength through my endless night