The current will rise much faster Makes it harder to find what I'm after... The water's up, water's down and I can't swim... When I am lost and you are not, then no one wins... Our babies have known no father Makes it harder to call I don't bother So, bottle up, bottle down, is how I live The money's gone Just one more song before I turn in. But you won't see me 'Cause I won't be there to Help you asleep when you get scared It's the absence You're afraid and the night It approaches but I'm still a state away Yeah, it's the absence; you're afraid... I can't erase what the past is It's time to face circumstances Sun comes up, sun goes down and I begin The days grow long as I trek on and I hate knowing... That you won't see me 'Cause I won't be there to Help you asleep when you get scared... It's the absence; you're afraid and the night It approaches, but I'm still a state away... Yeah, it's the absence you're afraid...of the night... We're surviving but it's still from day to day... It's nice to come home for a weekend... The children have grown, how I've missed them... As I pull up, you walk out and we smile again... The grass needs cut, cuddled up just woman and man...