A cancer uncontained

Once invincible, your head help up so high,
Who knew this disease would change it all in the blink of an eye
Try to survive father of mine,
Who knew this world would have
Given you such a cruel twist of fate
Your hands won't stop, your hands won't stop shaking

God wasn't so fair to you or me
Gave you a beating heart, then gave you atrophy
A body built to degenerate
And you keep breathing all the same
Father, it kills me to see you so helpless
When all you ever wanted was a way out
And you were only given nothing but a wife who packs and leaves,
And a crippling disease that
Eats away at your body but not your soul

That heart's still got a beat
So don't you dare give up on me now
Try to survive father of mine,
You know it breaks my heart to watch those tremors take over
Infection spreads so quick with no cure in sight
A cancer uncontained but you still fight
It can't rip away everything about the man I knew,
The one who picked me up after all I've been through

I understand why you're terrified to close your eyes each night
It's the fear of never waking up, you have so much more to see,
So I'll do all I can to keep that fucking heart beating
Father, I know your hands won't stop shaking
But those lungs still breathe so don't give up on me