"Spirit" lyrics

Do you work hard to be who you are?
Are you still human and bearing your heart?
Do you pretend that it's easy on purpose?
Or do you miss him and you wish you deserved this?

What's the use?
Who is to blame for the way that you are
And how badly you scar when you lose?
What's it to you?
Something's not right every time you wake up
To find yourself without him holding you, too

The spirit of your father has been left within his daughter
This enigmatic vessel holds your lack of self-esteem
And with it this compassion you've imagined, and it's beautiful, unusual
And if you fade away, so does he

I wonder what he'd say to you right now
'Cause maybe I could learn a thing or two about
Being the one who's there for you, around
I'll be the one who's there for you somehow

Now five years down, your feet off the ground
And you're still dreaming about your old house
I won't pretend that it's easy to witness
But I know deep down that he wishes you'd know this
You'd know this now

The spirit of your father has been left within his daughter
'Cause everything you do is a reflection of the truth
And with it, this compassion you've imagined, and it's beautiful, unusual
And if he fades away, so do you

I wonder what he'd say to you right now
'Cause maybe I could learn a thing or two about
Being the one who's there for you, around
I'll be the one who's there for you somehow

Somehow