Lyrics
I promise I'll be back in just a few months
The speaker's promise to return in a few months.
Promise me you'll never try to take any drugs
Request for a promise from the listener not to use drugs.
You know it's hard up here just give me some more time
Expressing the difficulty of the situation in space and asking for more time.
Just try your best in school in the meantime
Encouraging the listener to focus on school while waiting.
But then the months turned into years
Reflecting on the prolonged absence as months turned into years.
And I quit waiting
Decision to stop waiting for the promised return.
A jar on the shelf for my tears
A jar symbolizing the emotional pain from waiting.
And I kept speculating
Continued contemplation about the reasons for the departure.
Why you would leave your true best friend
Questioning the departure of a true best friend.
Yeah I wish that I was more complete
Desire for completeness in oneself.
I wish that I would feel more safe
Wishing for a sense of security.
I wish I didn't have this mental backstreet
Expressing struggles with mental health.
I wish I wasn't so afraid
Wishing to overcome fear.
But dad is on the moon
Repetition of the statement that the dad is on the moon.
But dad is on the moon
Reiterating the fact that the dad is on the moon.
Mom my stomach hurts without no reason
The speaker's physical discomfort without a clear cause.
And a lump in my throat every Christmas season
Expressing emotional pain during Christmas without the father.
Seems like he's stuck up there
Suggesting the father's detachment and lack of concern.
And he doesn't seem to care
Indicating the father's apparent indifference to the family's struggles.
Now I see the bigger picture
Realization of the broader impact of the situation.
'Cause I know I'll never hurt as much as I did then
Acknowledging that the speaker's pain will never match the past.
When he swore that he'd be back soon
Recalling the father's unfulfilled promise to return soon.
If only I had known I wouldn't wait
Regret for waiting, knowing the father wouldn't return.
Dad I wish you would have seen it all
Expressing a desire for the father to witness life's experiences.
I wish that you had seen me grow
Wishing for the father's presence in the speaker's growth.
I wish we weren't built on memories and phone lines
Reflecting on the family's connection through memories and phone calls.
But you were never there
Highlighting the father's consistent absence.
'Cause you were on the moon
Repetition of the statement that the father is on the moon.
'Cause you were on the moon
Continued emphasis on the father's lunar presence.
'Cause you were on the moon
Reiterating the father's location on the moon.
'Cause you were on the moon
Repeating the father's celestial position.
Yeah you were on the moon
Confirming the father's existence on the moon.
Yeah you were on the moon
Repeating the affirmation of the father being on the moon.
My dad was on the moon
Final statement emphasizing the father's lunar presence.
My dad was on the moon
Reaffirming the fact that the speaker's dad was on the moon.
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