[Verse]
I used to sit by the window at night
Dreaming of someone who’d teach me to fight
But the chair was empty the door stayed closed
A shadow of a man I never got to know
[Prechorus]
He had other hands to hold
Other hearts to call his own
[Chorus]
I was the boy in the corner alone
Mama tried hard but her strength was her song
He gave them his world but left me none
A father’s shadow hides from the sun
[Verse 2]
Mama’s hands worked till they cracked and bled
She built me dreams from the crumbs we were fed
I never saw his face in my mirror’s glass
Just a ghost of a name and a question to ask
[Prechorus]
Did he ever wonder my name
Or was I just a flicker in his flame
[Chorus]
I was the boy in the corner alone
Mama tried hard but her strength was her song
He gave them his world but left me none
A father’s shadow hides from the sun