High Expectations

Father
 What did I miss?
 I lost the key to my own happiness
 It's strange how we all cope
 With the knowledge the fault is our own
 The pressure of being alone
 It's strange how losing hope
 Is a magnet for those who have far
 Too much hope to spare
 And the wheels in my mind won't turn
 If the weight of your kindness burns
 Father
 Who do you know?
 Cuz the boy that you loved left home
 A long long time ago
 Is it fair?
 Is it right to assume
 He'd return himself to you?
 Like an often borrowed tool
 Used but not changed
 (Mended but not maimed)
 Oh how I wish
 Things could stay the same
 We could go back to the day I left
 And tell me not to stray
 But now it's too late
 And the weight
 Of your kindness burns
 So the wheels in my mind don't turn
 And I shut down
 It's strange how we all cope
 It's strange how you find hope
 Life is short
 And it's all I've got left to do
 Take this song
 It's the only way I know to talk to you
 Your sweetness is too much for me
 Your sweetness is too