If You Were Here

Father:
"What is it Annie?"

The Child:
"I miss you"

If you were here, I know that you would truly be amazed
At what's become of what you made
If you were here, you would know how I treasured every day
How every single word you spoke
Echoes in me like a memory of hope

When you were here, you could not feel the value that I placed
On every look that crossed your face
When you were here, I did not know just how I had embraced
All that you hid behind your face
Could not hide from me, 'cause it hid in me too

Father:
"How are you, Tiger?
This is great fun to be able to talk with you, like this
In fact, I'm going to do it more often."

Now that I'm here, I hear you
And wonder if maybe you can hear yourself
(Laugh)
Ringing in me now that you're somewhere else

Father
"I miss you a lot"

'Cause I hear your strange music gentle and true
"I'm sharing with you some of my reflections"
Singing inside me with the best parts of you
Now that I'm here

"But I'm so proud of everything you do there
Love you most"
I hope somewhere you hear them too
"Next time I see you you'll proudly sing it back to me"
Now that I'm here
(Laugh) "Oh..."
I love you
"It's okay, you can go now"