"Am I the Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way)" by The Chicks rewritten to be about my dad

Recently, The Chicks gave a concert in Chicago and I (of course) attended. During the performance, some of the songs struck a chord with me, but made me want to alter the lyrics to a few--the concert also made me think of other songs by The Chicks. Anyways, here's "Did You Know I Might (Always Feel This Way)".

There is no good reason
For you to leave me so alone
You vanished in your bottles
Dad, I have become made of stone
As a kid, I let myself believe
Now I don't know what was true

Dad tell me
Did you know I might always feel this way?

My heart is scared and guarded
Knows not all is worth the fight
But it once was oh so hopeful
Thought of giving up as crime
But you shoved it out and shut me out
And I lost years of my life

Dad tell me
Did you know I might always feel this way?

Now my sense of you needs a shake
I am a shadow of my old self
And I can't laugh more through these tears
How much more bracing 'til I break?

You are the wound inside me
And you're seeping through my veins
Did you ever see a light ahead?
Could I have ever been enough?
And thoughts like that they stalk me
And they knock me to my knees

Dad tell me
Did you know I might always feel this way?
Dad tell me
Did you know I might always feel this way?

(Prompt by me)

Photo by Richard Stachmann on Unsplash

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