Seabees

If you lost a parent Lift lighters or candles Stroll against the sky Like beach walks no sandals Even when life seemed in shambles Smiles on their faces Trying to lead by example Wherever you are I hope you better Im on earth Still trying to keep it together When my time arrives To travel your way alone You'll be there to greet me And say welcome home If you made it to the gates Did you slide through electric Measures of a man Aint imperial or metric Far from perfect Never claimed to be Regardless of pain in me Said never settle for less Then what i aim to be Now your voice is faint to me And im like the whole town red Who wanna paint with me I remember city bus trips Summer mornings we fish I would never eat it Even though mama fried it right So many nights Of playing card games or chess Showing me old gear Cause you defined the word Fresh No more bets On the derby or preakness Beyond proud You overcame your alcohol weakness But i cherish memories Of sipping E and J Cracking jokes Watching what espn had on display Im in dissaray It don't make exact sense I never thought i be speaking on you In past tense If you lost a parent Lift lighters or candles Stroll against the sky Like beach walks no sandals Even when life seemed in shambles Smiles on their faces Trying to lead by example Wherever you are I hope you better Im on earth Still trying to keep it together When my time arrives To travel your way alone You'll be there to greet me And say welcome home I close my eyes and look At the journey i took Cards aint great But enough spades To get these books If im feeling like the old me Tell me am i on track Its said to not live in past But the only way forward Is back So im back at home base Thinking on the glory Brother and pops dead Im sick not even forty Am i granted mercy To be set up for a fatality Was that rose They saw grow out the concrete Augmented reality Whiskey no ice as the L lights Pondering the question Whispers that lead to depression Got used to having the world on my shoulders Coincidentally Im more comfortable hunched over But straight up I cant tell you the last day i was sober But wait up Priorities handled at the days closure Then i hear my father say It aint over till its over Son of michael silva Its in my blood to be a soldier If you lost a parent Lift lighters or candles Stroll against the sky Like beach walks no sandals Even when life seemed in shambles Smiles on their faces Trying to lead by example Wherever you are I hope you better Im on earth Still trying to keep it together When my time arrives To travel your way alone You'll be there to greet me And say welcome home