You were once my one companion... You were all that mattered... You were once a friend and father - Then my world was shattered... Wishing you were somehow here again... Wishing you were somehow near ... Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed, Somehow you would be here... Wishing I could hear your voice again... Knowing that I never would... Dreaming of you won't help me to do All that you dreamed I could... Passing bells and sculpted angels, Cold and monumental, seem, for you, The wrong companions - you were warm and gentle . . . Too many years fighting back tears . . . Why can't the past just die . . .? Wishing you were somehow here again . . . Knowing we must say goodbye . . . Try to forgive... Teach me to live . . . Give me the strength to try . . . No more memories, no more silent tears . . . No more gazing across the wasted years . . . Help me say goodbye.