You were once my one companion   You were all that mattered   You were once a friend and father   Then my world was shattered   Wishing you were somehow here again   Wishing you were somehow near   Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed   Somehow you would be here      Wishing I could hear your voice again   Knowing that I never would   Dreaming of you won't help me to do   All that you dreamed I could   Passing bells and sculpted angels   Cold and monumental seem, for you the wrong companions   You were warm and gentle      Too many years fighting back tears   Why can't the past just die?   Wishing you were somehow here again   Knowing we must say, "Goodbye"   Try to forgive, teach me to live   Give me the strength to try   No more memories, no more silent tears   No more gazing across the wasted years   Help me say, "Goodbye"   Help me say, "Goodbye"