Oh Father

I hear your prayer, you’re crying to be saved
An eye for an eye so you won’t have to be brave no more
The guilt and sorrow vanished, the heartache that you gave
You want a resolution, some restitution
But father, I can’t give that to you

(Father, my Father) Will you dare walk amongst the living (I’m walking tall amongst the living)
(My Father) Following your heart to the land where they’re forgiving
(Father, my father) Arising from the ashes, I leave this raging fire
Oh father, I will never burn for your desires
Will you burn? Will you burn?

How could you do it? (There are some things that I’ll never understand...)
How did she live through it? (There are some things that I’ll never understand...)
And carry me inside, how could she bear to love me
There’s no way she could hide that you were part of me...

I wear the scars from the flames of this regret
Whipped up by the wind that can never forget
As pain and fury harmonise their scorching duet
How can beauty be the child that these embers beget?
Where is my resolution?
I’m finding my way through

(Father, my father) So will you walk once more amongst the living? (I’m walking tall amongst the living)
(My Father) Following your heart to the land where they’re forgiving
(Father, my father) Arising from the ashes, leave behind this raging fire
Oh father, how long will you burn for your desires? (Or will this devil be redeemed?)
Will you burn for your desires? (Or will this devil be redeemed?)

Words and Music © Monica Max West