I’ll Stick Around

When my mother left me it was for my own good
 She knew my father'd raise me just like a father should
 A father should, a father should
 In the nights that followed I held on to what I could
 I wrapped her ghost around me just like a mother would
 A mother would, a mother would
 I see her from time to time
 Peaking out from my son's eyes
 I stick around
 In the dead of summer with the twilight coming on
 The noise of TV mixing with the thumping of my heart
 Thump of my heart, thump of my heart
 The heat is suffocating I am standing at the sink
 I hear my father calling to bring another drink
 Another drink, another drink
 I see him from time to time
 He hides in my daughter's smile
 I stick around
 All is dark now, angels sleep
 Breathing quiet memories creep
 Kiss them softly on the face
 "I will be here when you wake,
 I will be here when you wake"
 When my mother left me it was for my own good
 She knew my father'd raise me just like a father should
 A father should, a father should
 In the nights that followed I held on to what I could
 I wrapped her ghost around me just like a mother would
 A mother would, a mother would
 I see her from time to time
 Peaking out from my son's eyes
 I stick around