Name: My Father
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Channel: Richard Jackson
Description: "My Father" is a song by Richard J (UK). This song is now completed except for the recording of the vocals - but it now has vocal melody in place.

My Father

Richard J (UK)

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This song is now completed except for the recording of the vocals - but it now has vocal melody in place.

Richard J (UK)

Songwriter, producer, musician. Blend of Genesis style progressive rock and Peter Gabriel's solo stuff, mixed with influences from as left field as Black Eyed P

Just me! Everything you hear is played on the synths in my home studio.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Progressive Rock

Charts

Peak #473

Peak in subgenre #48

Author

Richard Jackson

Rights

1993, 2007 - 2008 Richard Jackson

Uploaded

May 06, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:26

Story behind the song

I lost my father to cancer back in 1997 after a very short illness. This song is dedicated to him.

Lyrics

Father, when the time came to leave,
After spending so much of our life together,
I never got the chance to say goodbye.
I never got the chance to say I love you.

Through closeness we kept our distance,
We’d talk only when there were things to say.
And although pride kept your emotions
I know you always believed in me.

Chorus:
My Father.
My Son.
We grew up together as one.
My Father.
My Son.
What will be is forever done.

Looking forward I sense the past,
And I’m beginning to regret my distance.
The sadness that you can’t hear this,
Hangs so heavy over my soul.

Chorus

Some people may drift apart and move on
Some people are split apart and do no wrong
So you know there’s a place where you belong.

Chorus (repeat)

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