Longing for you, who left me.
My Darling
Come home to me
Promise to come back
Promise me you'll never leave
My darling
I can't let you go
I'm not strong enough to let go.
You are stronger
You pry me off
"I can take care of myself"
Your father turns away, ashamed
I run to grab you once more
To embrace you
To never let you go
But you're gone
I cry
My baby is gone
He's too old now
But he's my baby
He left
As a blur
Into that dark place called the world
And I wonder
"Is he prepared?"
"Did I do a good job?"
I doubt
I know
He can take care of himself
That's what hurts me the most
That he no longer needs me
That he leaves because he can
Because he knows too
That he can care for himself and many others
And that's what hurts the most
My baby is gone
He is gone because he's ready
For this world
For this life that he has been blessed with
He no longer visits
He no longer calls
His father has turned away, ashamed
Worried about the wreck he's left me in
And that's what hurts the most
That he no longer cares
That he can hurt me
And hurt me
And he no longer cares
Because he's gone
And he's left me in the dust
And that's what hurts the most, My darling.