Song Length |
3:48 |
Genre |
Rock - Progressive Rock, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Composed, Diplomatic |
Subject |
Life, Philosophy |
Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Sting |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I can never decide if he's anything like me
or if he's something I could not be
he says, "your mother's a lot like that"
and I wonder what that means for me
he says, "I think you'll turn out all right"
and I think maybe that's as much as I could be
as much as I could ever be
as much as I could be
And I know he's a quiet man
and how could I hope to stand up
to a father I can't understand
how could I hope to understand
When we drove through places he had been
I could plainly see the stains of sin
but it was the first such colors I had seen
and I would not go back to those ways again
lest I should be the reverse of him
and before I lose what's left of him
I have to try to turn out all right
even if it's a losing fight
And I know he is an honest man
and how can I hope to stand up
to a father I can't understand, incapable of reprimand
and I know he's a wiser man than he was when he was a younger man
and I know that he's a quieter man
maybe he knows there's more to understand
He says, "we're all here for each other
there's only one reason that I can see, and I've looked around for another
but I've had to adopt a new philosophy of mind
a philosophy of kindness."
So I have to try to turn out all right
even if it's a losing fight
and I know he is a quiet man, incapable of reprimand
and I know he's a wiser man, that I could not hope to understand
and I know he's a wiser man, but I could not hope to ever understand.