Oh, My Father - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Oh, my father, I feel so sad

As I stand upon your grave

I weep for the things that you never had

And the past that you never paved

I’m crying for the things that I never said

And all the love that I never showed

For my heart is as deep as the ocean’s bed

And it took a stone before my love freely flowed

While my body is young

And my eyes are old

With the wisdom

Of a loved one’s death

But all my suffering

And sorrow will turn to gold

Which I’ll treasure with every breath

It’s a bitter lesson that I have learned

Seems a shame it was too late for you

But the love between us will always be interred

In a place in my heart built for you