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