The Man

The princess 

Your absence darkness

The apple of your eye

Remembering to live with pride 

Your first

My heart burst


Splinters on the floor, 

slivers in my hand

 I can pick up no more 

I'm frozen 

My memories of you like the ocean


Some other time maybe I can talk to you

It's been such a long time since you said I could do anything 

Ways to cut through all the noise 

Maybe all I want is one more time to hear your voice 


In my mind I know your're still 


In the woods enjoying peace taking in what you love

In the kitchen apple pie bragging about blue ribbons you won

Telling stories from your youth and the all the places you'd run


Just to get away from it all


You're still the compass on all my maps

I no longer bleed to make wrongs right

I just remember who I am


And I'm a McCleary 

And I can do anything 


A simple man

With no rules

I wanna be like you all I need is a plan

Your praise illumates my track

Round one 

Round two

Three four now

I go round and round with myself now 


I look at me and see you in the mirror 

Up early, high speed, always looking for the next best thing 

Your words make a vision and bigger picture clearer 

But these days you're more than a human being 


You're the spirit I feel when I see the deer on a foggy fall morning 

You're the memories I recall when the wind ruseles the trees my love starts forming 

You're the voices in my head when doubt set in 

I can do anything I shouldn't be ignoring 


Some other time maybe I can talk to you

It's been such a long time since you said I could do anything 

Ways to cut through all the noise 

Maybe all I want is one more time to hear your voice 


In my mind I know your still 


In the woods enjoying peace taking in what you love

In the kitchen apple pie bragging about blue ribbons you won

Telling stories from your youth and the all the places you'd run


Just to get away from it all


You're still the compass on all my maps

I no longer bleed to make wrongs right

I just remember who I am


And I'm a McCleary 

And I can do anything 


Some other time

Been such a long time

One more time

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