A LETTER TO ANAKIN
I WATCH YOU... CLOSELY, ALWAYS WATCHING YOU NOWADAYS
YOU'VE GROWN SO MUCH SINCE WE FIRST MET, MY ANAKIN.
MINE... AND HER'S... AND OTHER'S.
HOW I WISH I COULD WRAP YOU UP... KEEP YOU SAFE.
PROTECTED... AWAY FROM EVERYONE BUT MYSELF.
PADME WATCHES YOU ALSO...
I HATE THIS... HATING HER FOR LOVING MY ANAKIN.
I HATE HOW SHE MAKES YOU SMILE... MAKES YOU LAUGH...
I HATE HOW SHE'S THE ONE YOU TURN TO NOW
I DON'T LIKE WHAT I'VE BECOME.
PALPATINE WATCHES YOU, THOSE EYES LIKE A SNAKES
THE MAN HIMSELF IS LIKE A SNAKE, SLITHERING INTO OUR LIVES
CORRUPTING MY ANAKIN... MY CHOSEN ANGEL
TAKING... TURNING YOU AWAY FROM ME
I DON'T KNOW... I WON'T LET HIM DESTROY MY ANI
THE PADAWAN, HANGING ON YOUR EVERY WORD
THE CLONES, FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS...
I'M LOSING YOU, TO THEM... TO THE WAR
I CAN'T... LOSING YOU WOULD KILL ME
DYING INSIDE... EVERYTIME I SEE YOU HURT
CAN'T TOUCH YOU... CAN'T GET TOO CLOSE... THE COUNCIL WATCHES
THEY KNOW... THEY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TO ME
THEY'RE TOO LATE... YOU'VE FALLEN TOO FAR
MY DEAREST ANAKIN... I'M SORRY
YOU MUST KNOW THAT EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR YOU
IF YOU KNEW, MY DEAREST ANAKIN...
IF I COULD ONLY TELL YOU THE TRUTH
TELL YOU WHAT GOES THROUGH MY HEAD WHEN YOU'RE NEAR
TELL YOU THE TRUTH... NO MATTER HOW DAMAGING IT IS
TELL YOU... EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
I CAN'T... YOU WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND
THE TRUTH WOULD DETROY EVERYTHING
I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU SOONER
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BETTER MAN, AND NOT HID THIS FROM YOU
I WAS SCARED... SCARED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE YOU FROM ME
SCARED THAT THEY WOULD SEND ME AWAY
AND GIVE YOU TO SOMEONE ELSE
IT ALMOST KILLED ME WHEN QUI-GON DIED...
IF I LOST YOU... I'D BE AN EMPTY SHELL OF A MAN
BROKEN... TOSSED TO THE WIND
I NEVER TOLD YOU I KNEW YOUR MOTHER
SHE HAD BEEN SO SWEET... SO KIND TO ME
OH ANAKIN... I WISH I COULD TELL YOU
WISH THAT I COULD MAKE THINGS RIGHT
MY PRECIOUS BOY... DON'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU ARE TO ME
NO HOW COULD YOU... I HID IT WELL
IT KILLS ME INSIDE... WE'VE GROWN DISTANT LATELY
THIS DAMN WAR... NO THAT'S NOT JUST IT...
THE OLDER YOU GET THE MORE YOU'VE PULLED AWAY
IT'S NORMAL... BUT IT KILLS ME
I'M SORRY, MY ANAKIN... THAT I COULD NEVER TELL YOU
GOODBYE...
YOUR FATHER
OBI-WAN