R.I.P. Michael Key
I always looked up to you even when times were rough ...
You never had to explain why you couldn't buy me stuff ...
You were my hero, my savior, I believed in your views ...
Every crazy story you told I perceived it was true ...
Remember that day, dad?, our walk in the woods ...
We talked and every word you said I understood ...
You told me life would end, nothing will last ...
And sometimes it's very damaging to be stuck in the past ...
But now you're gone, and missed, in fact ...
Oft I sit alone, eyes closed, drifting back ...
Thinking, crying, I'm too scared to face it all ...
I wanna go back to the pool halls where you taught me to play 8 ball ...
I want you to buy me a new bike with last minute cash ...
And make me try with just 2 wheels then laugh when I crash ...
Then take me out for ice cream even tho money is strained ...
But you pretend it doesn't matter and our love heals the pain ...
I can't, and you can't, it's hard and it hurts ...
I died when I saw your upturned car in the dirt ...
Why didn't you just get professional repairs? ...
Why did you leave the whole family with expressions of despair? ...
You were everything to us, what real love is about ...
You gleamed of hope like rays of sun through the clouds ...
Mom adored you dad, she truly did, I promise ...
Don't you think you're gambling was a bit dishonest? ...
So I'll become a man myself dad, it has to be done ...
But will there be enough left for me to be a dad to MY son? ...
You died when I was young yet you taught me alot ...
Taught me respect, how not to be some cock that I'm not ...
You told me how fulfilling being a parent is ...
But I don't want kids without grandpa here to share it with ...
You would hate the world now, all this historical fame ...
People only care about themselves and who sees them, a horrible shame ...
But you taught me better dad, we're both fairly the same ...
Side by side it'd be easy to tell we share the same name ...
The world is bland now it's only mother and me ...
The flowers on your grave is the only color I see ...
That color represents your life, waiting for me ...
And it'll all be beautiful and amazing again on the day that we meet ...