Keep me away

“Keep Me Away”

Verse 1

Every morning I wake with the same old pain,

Wondering if my little boy is calling my name.

I walked away to become a better man,

Trying to build a future with my own two hands.

Now every mile feels a thousand more,

‘Cause there’s a picture of him behind every door.

You don’t see the nights I barely sleep,

Wondering if he knows his daddy still believes.

Pre-Chorus

You hear the anger in my voice,

But not the tears I hide.

You see a man who’s fighting back,

Not what’s breaking me inside.

Chorus

You keep me away, and it tears me apart,

Every day you’re breaking a father’s heart.

This ain’t a game, this ain’t about pride,

A little boy deserves both sides.

You can be angry, you can blame me too,

But don’t make him pay for what we went through.

I’m carrying this weight every single day,

Why keep me away?

Verse 2

When I found someone who brought me peace,

You looked at me like I committed defeat.

Funny how it never mattered when you moved on,

I wished you well and tried to stay strong.

You tried to make me jealous, I let it go,

I wanted healing more than another war.

Now every conversation turns into control,

While our little boy carries what he never chose.

Bridge

It’s a shame we couldn’t love each other right,

Before we lost ourselves in every fight.

Maybe we both made mistakes back then,

But don’t let our son carry them again.

He’s growing every day without me there,

And that’s a wound no father should have to bear.

I’m not asking to rewrite yesterday,

I’m asking for the chance to love him today.

Final Chorus

You keep me away, but I won’t give in,

I’ll keep praying until I see him again.

No amount of hate can erase my name,

I’m still his father, that will never change.

One day he’ll know I never walked away,

I was fighting for him every single day.

No matter how long this road may be,

Son, my heart has always belonged to you and me.

Outro

You can close the door, but you can’t erase

The love a father has that time can’t replace.

I’ll keep becoming the man I need to be,

And I’ll never stop hoping you’ll come back to me.