| 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 |