Circling round the fire Close enough to burn
Never in my wildest dreams
Had I ever thought to learn
That you are my father.
A legacy of misery and pain
Passed down to your child.
By telling me
What had you hoped to gain?

As I'd lain awake
So many Dark nights,
In my deepest soul was
Waging an inner fight.
All my secret fantasies
Destroyed in one moment
AS I STRUGGLED NOT TO BREAK
And ultimately bent.

Turned then from boy to man
Thrust aside lingering doubts,
Watching the endless starfield
I KNOW IT'S YOU I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT.

I feel your heart calling
From FATHER to SON,
Never knowing such a simple word
Could make me come undone.

Another time coming
In a far away place,
Father do you know
How I long to see your FACE?

Just for one moment
That will be all that it takes
To drag you back from
That precipice of HATE.

The resolve has taken hold
How could I be so bold?
Endangering the mission
While to your soul I listen.

I have glimpsed the LIGHT
Less than a spark,
But just enough left
For me to try to recapture
That frozen, weary heart.

Destiny has spoken
As I gaze into your EYES
So like my own, my OWN.
A surge of love I have felt
Threatening to break me,
As Death's blow has dealt
An irrevocable fate.
I take comfort in knowing
That you finally won
With LOVE, not HATE

Had I command of the Force
To stay Death's hand,
OH, MY FATHER
So much I want to share
I know you understand.

Guiding the shuttle
Ferrying your corpse below,
At last your SON's tears
Are allowed to flow.

So much time wasted
All these years,
Pulled by the same string
Denying all but its sting.

I'll remember your Love
Whenever I hear OUR name
For, oh, DEAR FATHER
We were always
Circling round the same flame.