1] You gave your love to God, Till he stole it from your bed and there you wept For forty years inside of your head You saved the written word from an almost certain death but never read The final page of the journal you kept But long before he found you You left your traces so permanent, so permanent Before you leave You let him make his peace Tie all the strands and loose ends And honestly I never saw him in me But I hope someone else does For all his fears and his flaws Deteriorate the mind, stealing all its blinding light, now tell me why Is it sacrifice, for all of mankind But long before he found you You left your traces so permanent, so permanent Before you leave You let him make his peace Tie all the strands and loose ends And honestly I never saw him in me But I hope someone else does For all his faith and his flaws Carried to the deathbed, By the ones you've come to love though names are lost "But Father, can I ask you this? Do you ever think... will it come to this? 'Hello, I am your son'?" Before you leave You let him make his peace Tie all the strands and loose ends And honestly I never saw him in me But I hope someone else does For all his faith and his flaws