My father's chair's

still standin' there

all alone

since the long night

Now it's three years on

and I still feel

he'll come home

we'll be alright

So where's this

healin' time brings

I was told the

pain would ease

but it still hurts

like the first night

That night my brother

my mother and I

were looking up

at a distant star

and wishing we

could reach that far

And back in the house

and alone for the first time

we told each other we cared

and we avoided

my father's chair

I watch my family

we hold on

we are strong

and we'll be alright

The clock continues

counting down all the while

and every child will

share the long night

But do the

spirits meet again

why am I still

so filled with doubt

is my soul everlasting

And the far distant future

when I knew you'd be gone

came too fast

and stays too long

Why do they leave

the weak of spirit

and take the strong

When the world turns sour

and I get sick from the smell

and I can't find

no comfort there

I climb into

my father's chair