there was a time i fell into a faded portrait of my father in his youth both arms were locked down by his side standing tall dressed for the fight a wandering wolf in the winter his fortune the son of a soldier a shot through the sky like a whisper a life here and gone like a vapor and oh it was hard to watch you it was hard to watch you go it was hard to watch you in my reflection i see a face familiar features of a soul i can t erase deep in the hollow i hold his name standing tall one and the same a wandering wolf in the winter his fortune the son of a soldier a shot through the sky like a whisper a life here and gone like a vapor and oh it was hard to watch you it was hard to watch you go it was hard to watch you it was hard to watch you go washed away with the wind you were lifted above us over us ushered up with the tears clouds were parted above us over us whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa  a wandering wolf in the winter his fortune the son of a soldier a shot through the sky like a whisper a life here and gone like a vapor oh it was hard to watch you it was hard to watch you go it was hard to watch you it was hard to watch you go