Stranger

Stranger, I'm feeling stranger than I've ever felt before.
And so much more... different
Like something old has joined with something new, but still feels true
I'm passing through a right that every parent does
I'm walking on some shared familiar ground.
Yet every step I take, is not a step at loss.
And I've found, I like the sound of stranger.
A child I've yet to meet becomes my everything.
My song to sing.
Father, and suddenly the weight of it is real, but do I feel, I feel connected in a way I've never known.
A life from dad to me to newborn son.
So from today I'll never make a choice alone
One for all,
All for one
And when he's born I'll teach him how to use his common sense
He'll listen and he'll learn and he'll excel
I'll tell my son that life is lived through clear and present tense
Not only in the stories we can tell
My father told me stories I could never comprehend
In every tale he claimed to be the hero
I've tried to understand him, but I wonder if I can
Because after almost thirty years
I still don't know the man
I wish I knew the man
But he's a stranger
My father is a stranger I know very well.
A puzzling shell
Hopeful, what's on its way may helps us both to grow, but I don't know when I'll understand what made him wild
I don't know why he has the urge to fly
I want to face him like a man, and not a child
So I'll try
I'll really try
And in time my boy is sure to see
Brighter days for dad and me
We can do things better than before
So that strangers we will be...
No more!