Sweat, and blood, and ink I've spent
But I saved my tears
I won't spring a leak for them
Sharply dressed and ill at ease
Like a sucker keen to please
The man, the boss, the teacher

I have tried to fall in love
It did nothing more than leave me messed up
Some wild, bitter baby
Now I'm crying for whoever

Contentment would have made
All things pass and change
I wish you could
Have lived your life

All the things you would have seen
Oh the man you should have been
I would stand beside you
Now the hours and seconds crawl
Make me question it all again
Why my boy, my son, my light?

You'd have found someone to love
Someone sweet and kind, a lot like you
She'd be your everything
And it would have saved you

Contentment would have made
All things pass and change
I wish you could
Have lived your life