Living out our Name

Written by: Shane Chisholm

Well I ain't all light and fluffy I just a little heavy on the inside
There were nights I couldn't stand to close my eyes and drift off to the dark side
I never really got it and it took me thirty-six long years to say
There's so many things I'd love to tell my daddy if he was standing here today

Now I know what you were feeling
When you lost me in that Kmart store and found me in aisle three
When I tried to climb the monkey bars and fell and scraped my knee
When I made you that cardboard tie that you wore to work that day
When I cut the strings on your guitar when I first ran away
Like a candle to a candle it's the only way we carry on our flame
Sometimes I feel we're all the same descendant just living out our name

Just got our second mortgage and there only twenty-five more years to pay
And our youngest boy is two years old and Loretta sang to me "One's on the way"
When I'm cold and isolated I'm dreaming of the man that I could be
As I look in to the mirror I can see him and he softly speaks to me

Son I knew what you were feeling
When you were looking deep in an empty glass just wanting to believe
When you left for work and the kids were begging "Daddy please don't leave"
When you sat through hours of the Christmas play just to hear them sing
When they opened up your bedroom door while you were wrestling
Like a candle to a candle it's the only way we carry on our flame
Sometimes I feel we're all the same descendant just living out our name

Well I may be light and fluffy.....I'm just a little heavy on the inside