Because Heaven Knows

I haven't been avoiding you, don't think that i don't

Care

I just can't seem to bring myself, knowing you're not

There

I go into each and every year, with heavy hearts and

Shaking hands

A feeling in my gut comes back, with thoughts that i

Can't stand

You're the reason i still stand up straight, you help

To keep my head high

I know that i'll see you again someday, for now i'll

Look up at the sky

These markings on my chest are for the angel on my

Shoulder

I try to tell myself, it's just the pain of getting

Older

I know it's not my place to say, i'm sorry

Nothing i could say would make this change, or go away

But i hope i still have time left, to let you know

Everything that i've done, is because of you

I know that deep inside my heart, you were content

And i hope you're catching up on years, that you lost

With your daughter

I can't help but be so selfish, because i wish you were

Here

And the best way to move on from this, is to celebrate

All your years

If i could pump my blood in to your veins, id take the

Air right from my lungs

I'd do anything, to get rid of the pain

And it's taking everything, to hold my tongue

Cause heaven knows, id love to burn it down

And if i could speak to god, i'd give him hell

Like the kind he put in your life, he's the reason we

Can't sleep at night

He's the reason we can't, sleep at night