I Can't Help but Wonder

Father?

Son

All my life, I'd have died to meet you

Thought about your name so much it hurts

For twenty years I'd dreamt of how I'd greet you

Oh, and now you're here

I can't find the words

All my life I'd have died to know you

Days and nights I wish that I could show you

For twenty years I never could outgrow you

Oh, and now you're here

I can't help but wonder

What your world must be

If we're like each other

If I have your strength in me

All this time I've wondered

If you'd embrace me as your own

20 years I've wandered

For so long I've felt alone

Oh my son, look how much you've grown

Oh my boy, sweetest joy I've known

Twenty years ago I held you in my arms

How time has flown, oh

Used to say I'd make the storm clouds cry for you

Used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you

Held you in my arms prepared to die for you, oh

How time has flown

I can only wonder

What your world has been

Things you've had to suffer

And the strength you hold within

All I've ever wanted

Was to reunite with my own

20 years we've wandered

But today you're not alone

My son, I'm finally home!

Father, how I've longed to see you!

Telemachus, I'm home

Go, tell your mother I'm home

I'll be there in a moment

Of course

Show yourself

I know you're watching me

Show yourself

You were never one for hellos

I can't help but wonder

What this world could be

If we all held each other with a bit more empathy

I can't help but feel like

I led you astray

What if there's a world where we don't have to live this way?

If that world exists

It's far away from here

It's one I'll have to miss

For it's far beyond my years

You might live forever

So you can make it be

But I've got one endeavor

There's a girl I have to see

Very well

Father, she's waiting for you