As the minutes pass, I look to you   I know you're not alright   I'm past the point of thinking straight   I can only watch and cry      Don't say the words that mean the end   Don't tell me to go on   Don't leave behind an only son   To wish that you were gone      As a boy I held your hand   I never wanted you to leave   I could not ever understand   And now I'm here in disbelief   Do you have to say goodbye?      I've lived my life, knowing now   Imagining you here   Knowing what would take your life   Recounting all my tears   Did you see them then?   Did you think of how   You would tell someone   "I have to leave now"?      As a boy I held your hand   I never wanted you to leave   I could not ever understand   And now I'm here in disbelief   Do you have to say goodbye?      One step away      As a boy I held your hand   I never wanted you to leave   I could not ever understand   And now I'm here in disbelief   Do you have to say goodbye?