Work Behind That Love - (Mountain & @howells72 aka Andy collaboration)

[Verse 1] 15 years inside a week Now it feels like a foreign tongue Same old cover, different song I could make a room laugh Leave before the laughter ends Get home and hear the silence ask how long I can pretend My ego had an answer, never stopped to hear the question I mistook being right for something worth protecting Fuck, looking strong, I want the strength to hold my part Without making you responsible for keeping me intact I put the pain in music, you don't owe me applause You shouldn't have to hear a song to know your father cares If you ask me where I've been I won't rehearse my defense I'll let the question hurt, you deserve a honest sentence What if I can't find the words You can show up anyhow Find someone they can turn to, let them see you learning how [Chorus] We're worlds apart, but fighting through the same night Two different roads beneath the same sky When the weight gets heavy and the hope runs thin Remember who we're fighting for and rise again We can't change yesterday, can't promise what's ahead But we'll keep showing up until our final breath Though the miles run deep and the nights run long We're still their fathers and our love stays strong [Verse 2] They say your father's supposed to be strong Supposed to know just where he belongs But nobody tells you how to survive When the people you live for aren't by your side By your side I've watched the seasons changing through a window and a screen Trying to be a father from the spaces in between Got a thousand things to tell them, but the minutes disappear And the quiet is the hardest when there's no one left to hear I've had nights I couldn't sleep, days I barely made it through Heled a smile for everybody while my world was split in two Had to learn that being strong doesn't mean you never break Sometimes strength is getting up with nothing left to give or take I've made mistakes, I've carried scars, I've questioned who I am But I won't let my darkest days decide the kind of man I am They can keep me at a distance, they can test me everyday But they cannot take the love I have or make it fade away [Chorus] If my voice can't reach them, keep calling through the rain If the road takes twenty years, we keep walking just the same What if there's anger underneath what they say We don't get to ask them to put it away Now let them speak and let us stay [Chorus] We're worlds apart, but fighting through the same night Two different roads beneath the same sky Though the miles run deep and the nights run long We're still their fathers, there's work behind that love There's work behind that love Still here, still here, still