Dead Letters by Trevor Thomas Lyrics
(First Letter)
Dear dad
I'm doing fine, I've got my priorities straight
Mom is doing good too, she misses you everyday
She doesn't care about how you missed our birthdays
She only cares about where you are and what your doing today
On the first day all she did was cry until her eyes were dry
She felt guilty because she never got to say goodbye
She knew it wasn't your fault in July
You couldn't be here to see my sister let out her first cry
My sisters doing good too, yeah your daughter
She turns 10 in July, she's getting older
We named her Emelita, which is what you wanted
I just can't believe it's been so long since after
What happened, I'm broken, without you I'm hopeless
I miss you, father come home, I hate this
I'm restless, I breathe less, I dream less
I don't know what to do because this pain is endless
(Second Letter)
Hey dad
It's me again
I just had a kid it's about time for me to be a man
It's time for me to grow up and take a stand
It's time for me to forget the past, forget my dreams, forget the world, for my son I need to be the man
You never was, and you will never be
I am so angry at you because you left me
You left mom, you left Em, you left our entire family
All for what? Just to be in the military
But mom told me you did it all for us
You had no job and no food to provide for us
But you left because you thought that you had enough
And it was tough because what we needed more was all your love
I'm mad at you, I'm sad for you, but most of all with all my heart that I loved you
Still do, and now your dead you'll never see these that I wrote to you
Their just dead letters sitting in my dresser waiting for the next time that I approach you
(Chorus)
Dead Letters x8
Dear dad
I'm doing fine, I've got my priorities straight
Mom is doing good too, she misses you everyday
She doesn't care about how you missed our birthdays
She only cares about where you are and what your doing today
On the first day all she did was cry until her eyes were dry
She felt guilty because she never got to say goodbye
She knew it wasn't your fault in July
You couldn't be here to see my sister let out her first cry
My sisters doing good too, yeah your daughter
She turns 10 in July, she's getting older
We named her Emelita, which is what you wanted
I just can't believe it's been so long since after
What happened, I'm broken, without you I'm hopeless
I miss you, father come home, I hate this
I'm restless, I breathe less, I dream less
I don't know what to do because this pain is endless
(Second Letter)
Hey dad
It's me again
I just had a kid it's about time for me to be a man
It's time for me to grow up and take a stand
It's time for me to forget the past, forget my dreams, forget the world, for my son I need to be the man
You never was, and you will never be
I am so angry at you because you left me
You left mom, you left Em, you left our entire family
All for what? Just to be in the military
But mom told me you did it all for us
You had no job and no food to provide for us
But you left because you thought that you had enough
And it was tough because what we needed more was all your love
I'm mad at you, I'm sad for you, but most of all with all my heart that I loved you
Still do, and now your dead you'll never see these that I wrote to you
Their just dead letters sitting in my dresser waiting for the next time that I approach you
(Chorus)
Dead Letters x8