My father's life is bigger Bigger than the pain that I'm feeling now His love of life has moved me Even here at the end he's holding on somehow And even in his helplessness, his silence And his sometimes far off stare I believe his spirit's sailing through the dark To a better place somewhere My father's life is painted in the Faces of the many who have come to grieve In a world he colored gently with his teaching And how they'll miss him as he gently leaves And even in his helplessness, his silence And his sometimes puzzled stare The beauty of his life is not diminished Just another color there My father's life is folded in the Pages of the stories that he'll leave behind With humor and humility So tightly woven beautifully in every line And even in his helplessness, his silence And his sometimes far off stare He tells me that he loves me Helps me to be braver than I'd ever dare My father's life is bigger Bigger than the pain that I'm feeling now His love of life has moved me Even here at the end he's holding on somehow