My Father's Life Lyrics

My father's life is bigger

Bigger than the pain that I'm feeling now

His love of life has moved me

Even here at the end he's holding on somehow

And even in his helplessness, his silence

And his sometimes far off stare

I believe his spirit's sailing through the dark

To a better place somewhere

My father's life is painted in the

Faces of the many who have come to grieve

In a world he colored gently with his teaching

And how they'll miss him as he gently leaves

And even in his helplessness, his silence

And his sometimes puzzled stare

The beauty of his life is not diminished

Just another color there

My father's life is folded in the

Pages of the stories that he'll leave behind

With humor and humility

So tightly woven beautifully in every line

And even in his helplessness, his silence

And his sometimes far off stare

He tells me that he loves me

Helps me to be braver than I'd ever dare

My father's life is bigger

Bigger than the pain that I'm feeling now

His love of life has moved me

Even here at the end he's holding on somehow