Away When You Were Here Lyrics - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind - Ben Folds Five

Dad I know you were sad when you died 

And I was young its the way I kept you in my mind 

The mess that was left and my mother cried 

And when she stood up she was nobodys mother 

Id be fine 

But I missed you then 

And I miss you now 

Liked youd missed things I might say 

Youre still lost in clouds but Im older now 

I can see through lifting haze 

That you were away even when you were here 

Sometimes a phrase or a manner thats you 

Comes through me, it goes in a flash 

Its a frame, its oblique like life 

Oh and how much now should we pay for the past 

Cause you could age with grace if I freed you in my mind 

But I loved you then 

And I love you now 

All the things I wished Id asked 

When Im lost in clouds 

I remember how I was robbed and I was blessed 

And you were away even when you were here 

Cause its not about you, not you, anymore 

Its about what Id do with it all 

And I, Ill never let you let me down 

This morning I wake to be older than you were 

Fresh white snow for miles, every footstep will be mine 

Youd have lost that weight, youd have gone so straight 

Youd have made my wedding day 

Youd have saved my youth from that bullet of truth 

Youd have kept those wolves at bay 

You were away, you were away even when you were here