A Father's Marathon
A Father's Marathon: Unveiling the Struggle of Absence and Loss
Lyrics
Live alone...die alone.
Expressing the idea that living and dying are individual experiences, emphasizing solitude.
Keep running. I'm supposed to be the sun in your sky,
Encouraging persistence or endurance, possibly addressing a relationship where the speaker is expected to be a guiding force.
Or the one that you would die for cry for give it all and
Acknowledging a commitment to someone, expressing willingness to sacrifice and give everything for them.
Lay it on the line for...but I'm not. I don't know you - you
Admitting a lack of knowledge and understanding between the speaker and the addressed person.
Don't know me. I don't know my own dad and he don't
Highlighting a strained relationship with the speaker's own father, indicating a mutual lack of knowledge about each other.
Know me.You turned your back and walked away. walked away.
Describing the father figure turning away and leaving, possibly symbolizing abandonment.
I spent 19 years without you, learned to fight without you,
Reflecting on growing up without the father, listing various experiences and achievements accomplished without his presence.
Played catch without you, grew without you, learned to ride
Enumerating activities and milestones achieved without the father's involvement.
My bike without you. you're not a man, men don't run.
Challenging the idea that the absent father is a true man, asserting that real men do not run away.
I had to stand strong and tall and brave and barren. you never
Expressing strength and resilience despite the father's absence, emphasizing the need to stand firm.
Even gave me a chance you just ran. ran.
Accusing the father of not giving the speaker a chance, highlighting his act of running away instead.
Took from your son, took your love.
Noting that the father took both material and emotional elements from the speaker.
Keep running. you can't bring back the years, reverse my tears
Advising the father to keep running, suggesting that he cannot undo the past and repair the emotional damage.
Or fix the hole in my heart right here. you can't fix the hole in my
Stating that the father cannot fix the emotional wounds or heal the heartache.
Heart right here. questions right here... daddy did you care?
Pose questions about the father's care, absence, and knowledge of the speaker's age.
Why were you not here? do you know my age?
Expressing confusion about the father's absence and questioning if he knows the speaker's current age.
If so, how old am I now? how can't you remember when
Challenging the father's memory of the speaker's creation and birth.
You made me? how can't you remember the seed you left behind?
Expressing disbelief that the father cannot remember the child he brought into the world.
You're not a man, men don't run.
Reiterating the idea that a real man does not run away, reinforcing the disappointment in the father's actions.
Took from everyday to come. ruined everyday to come.
Emphasizing the negative impact of the father's absence on every day to come, suggesting ongoing pain and ruin.
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