I hope you remember me, I was your daddy once   Wearing a sailor cap and dirty nails   To you I'm just a picture on your mother's mantelpiece   Who chose to fight the good fight in time to fail      Into battle and in your shadow   Your daddy loves you still, yes I do      I never thought it'd be so hard to see you grow so fast   And turn into the man I used to be   But I hope you have more sense than I, in matters such as these   Medals don't mean a shit when a family is lost at sea      Into battle and in your shadow   Your daddy loves you still, yes he does, yes he does   Into battle and in your shadow   Your daddy loves you still, yes he does, yeah, yes he does      I save every moment I've reached out and almost touched you   But they all fade away, must be a bad memory      Into battle and in your shadow   Your daddy loves you still, yes he does, yes he does   Into battle and in your shadow   Your daddy loves you still, yes he does, yeah, yes he does, yes he does