Glassy Eyed, Dormant and Veiled

The world was once seen burning in my eyes

Just as it is in yours now

A hurricane of memories put out the embers that remained

And now I’m gone

Though I’m obsolete, I'll scold you even in your dreams

Rise from your sleep, boy

A myriad of maladies

Incomplete identity

Hunger for the love you never gave

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, boy

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, last night

I am an absent father

Glassy eyed, drunken and veiled

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, boy

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, last night

I am an absent father

Glassy eyed, drunken and veiled

Father, can you hear me

My head is pounding like the wagons on a freight train

The wheels are poorly fastened and they threaten to drive off the tracks

Lead by your ever present voice

I'm gonna take this fall for us

A myriad of maladies

Incomplete identity

Hunger for the love you never gave

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, boy

Don’t think I did not hear coming home, last night

I am an absent father

Glassy eyed, drunken and veiled

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, boy

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, last night

I am an absent father

Glassy eyed, drunken and veiled

I’ve got nations blaming me for the passings of their children

I’ve been dragging ships across dry land

To fill the hole you emptied

Somewhere in you there is something belonging to me

And i don’t know how to retrieve

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, boy

Don’t think I did not hear you coming home, last night

I am an absent father

Glassy eyed, dormant and veiled