It's been nine long years since you left this world,
and look at how much I have changed...
I hate to say it wasn't for the best;
Me, growing up this way.
I wonder what I'd be like,
if you were still here today.
But that's something we'll never know
and just how we'll have to stay.
So I'll put flowers on your grave,
pay respect, make my peace again,
and apologize for what I've done--
and for what I could have been.
