Father oh father
I have failed to see your plan, father oh father, Make me a better man
Father oh father
Please help me understand
This crooked road we`re travelling
The truth we never see
The haunted troubled faces
Of a people we can`t be

Father oh father
I will try to say a prayer
Father oh father
I don`t even know if you are there
Father oh father
Do you really care
About the sound of childrens crying
The safety of a mom
And the fact that we keep fighting.
Keep firing a gun

Time is running short
For promises to keep
And fear falls like a blanket
As I go to sleep
And the danger-zone has blinded
All of my dreams
I`m staring at the window and wait for daylight

Father oh father
I got a room without a view
Father oh father
But the sounds are pushing through
Father oh father
Please tell me what to do
Between these walls of endless violence
And the howling of the dogs
Let the winds blow through these valleys
And lift this heavy fog

Father oh father
You have failed to hear my prayer
Father oh father
You don`t even know that I am here
Father oh father
This is more than I can bare
Cause this twist of fate, this irony
Has collected my last laugh
I`m bringing you this message
On everyones behalf

Time is running short
For promises to keep
Bring answers to the table
Show us what to be
Cause hatred is a killer
It won`t let us breathe
Can you hear me whisper in my sleep

Father oh father
Father oh father
Father oh father
Wherever you may be
Set us free

© Ingve Sandvold