Rolander - Father

Father ist der 5. Song auf CD 1 - About Angst. Er berichtet von der inneren Abrechnung des Protagonisten Jake mit seinem Vater.

Vocals: Thommy Frank
Additional acoustic guitars: Kai Heyrock
Drums: Stefan Dittmar

Oh father
You’d never embraced me
Oh father
Why did you abase me?
Why did you so spitefully
make a mock of me?

You tread me like a sissy
You called me a wimp and prissy
You laughed at me when I was a child

Despised me when I cried
You never took pride of me
Your mental cruelty made me wild at heart

You don’t like if I call you Dad
To be loved doesn’t make you glad
I have never been close to your heart
Could never meet your expectations
Had to bear all your frustrations
We always were light-years apart

You killed all my fears
You dried up all my tears
You made me strong and bold
You made my heart stone-cold
– Father

You killed all my love
You made me hard and tough
Compassion and sympathy
are waste, that’s what you taught me
– Father

Hid me when you’ve been rude
and in this special mood
you’d like to test my courage, I was so afraid
You always tracked me down
You you made a clown of me
A clown of me because I wasn’t brave