As the minutes pass, I look to you; I know you're not alright,
I'm past the point of thinking straight; I can only watch and cry.

Don't say the words that mean the end,
Don't tell me to go on,
Don't leave behind an only son to wish that you weren't gone.

As a boy I held your hand, I never wanted you to leave,
I could not ever understand, and now I'm here in disbelief,
Do you have to say goodbye'

I lived my life, knowing now, imagining you here,
Knowing what would take your life, and counting all my tears,
Did you see this then'
Did you think of how you would tell someone "I have to leave now"'

As a boy I held your hand, I never wanted you to leave,
I could not ever understand, and now I'm here in disbelief,
Do you have to say goodbye'

One step away, one step away,
One step away, one step away.

As a boy I held your hand, I never wanted you to leave,
I could not ever understand, and now I'm here in disbelief,
Do you have to say goodbye'