| You were once invincible, your head held up so high,
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| who knew this disease would change it all in the blink of an eye
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| Try to survive father of mine,
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| who knew this world would have given you such a cruel twist of fate
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| your hands won’t stop, your hands won’t stop shaking.
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| God was never too fair to you or me
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| Gave you a beating heart, then gave you atrophy
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| A body built to degenerate and you keep breathing all the same
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| Father, it kills me to see you so helpless when all you ever wanted was a way
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| out
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| and you were only given nothing but a wife who packs and leaves,
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| and a crippling disease that eats away at your body but not your soul
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| That heart’s still got a beat so don’t you dare give up on me now
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| Try to survive father of mine,
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| you know it breaks my heart to watch those tremors take over
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| your hands won’t stop, your hands won’t stop shaking.
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| Infection spreads so quick with no cure in sight
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| A cancer uncontained but you still fight
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| It can’t rip away everything about the man I knew,
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| the one who picked me up after all I’ve been through
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| Father, it kills me to see you so helpless when all you ever wanted was a way
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| out
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| and you were only given nothing but a wife who packs and leaves,
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| and a crippling disease that eats away, ooh it eats away.
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| Father I know that your hands won’t stop, they won’t stop shaking
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| But those lungs still breathe, so don’t give up on me. |