"Carry On" Acoustic

[Verse 1] With each stroke of my pen I connect Reflect on what was gained, what was learned, what was left Of the shards of a lifetime Capsized I was broken into fragments, scoured the cabinets For the bottles that were hidden, were there messages youd given me? Im your one and only legacy Its been six years since we last met I no longer dream of you, the visions gone from my head Once found in those brutally surreal scenes Where your spirit lingers, Im incapable of seeing Furthermore Im fairly doubtful that you are little more than dust Atoms now recycled in God I cannot trust, yet I must Where is your faith when you need it? Tell me, where is Christ when you do not believe in angels or in demons? Emaciated figure, my father his body ravaged but still we managed To make it many years before the liquor pulled the trigger Im stranded I haven't forgotten how I thought that I would cope once I was bigger My feets my only carriage but I stumble as I tread Pages written in a book that you and I once read, they said [Chorus] Not yet but soon I will be gone Carry on carry on [Verse 2] Its difficult to say exactly what I feel Lost in some translation and theres scratches on the reel Of a black and white, a silent movie usually Im the one to say the soundtracks flawed But in this case the melancholy draws me to the Background of the photograph I hope it lasts this feeling that youre watching from above That you know I dedicate the music to your love Guitar resonates with your doomed fate while I strum I contemplate I was brought up amidst the vodka It poisoned you and I was forced to watch my father slowly die over a toilet filled with puke Always afraid Id wake up to your corpse As a scared kid tried to keep my eyes from the floor Dont look down, in fact shut your eyelids entirely The knowledge that youll never get to know mes got me crying Death signifies the loss of a fragile life For every moment that you miss, I send to what I hope is Heaven your daughters kiss We can't speak, pray to no one in particular my wish will one day meet your cheek Hold my head up high but I stumble as I tread Pages written in a book that you and I once read, they said [Chorus] Not yet but soon you will be gone Carry on carry on [Verse 3] Channeling the memories that I wrote down in a notebook that I kept after your death Bereft, frightened that in a short time I would lose sight of the subtleties of our relationship all the reminders The way your leather jacket smelled of cigarettes and booze Inhale the fragrance of an addict I was bound to lose Im still your child Im still your child You are my teacher I learned how to be the person that you couldn't even though I care for you Im wary I will replicate the mistakes you made in youth That carried on, imprinted in my mind I am playing your guitar, do the chords transcend time and space? Wasted potential I know it wasn't meant to end like this, with you lifeless In an urn full of ashes, gashes that are reopened every time a word is spoken For you live and breathe within the parts of me deep down that are forever broken Father, rest in peace but I stumble as I tread Pages written in a book that you and I once read, they said [Chorus] Not yet but soon well all be gone Carry on carry on [Outro] Go forth and so on and so forth Still I miss you