Dear Father
Sum 41(썸 41) Lyrics

I addressed this letter to "dear father"
The singer is writing a letter to their father.

I know you as complete unknown
The singer doesn't have a clear idea of who their father is.

I guess it's better you don't bother
The singer would prefer if their father didn't try to establish contact.

All our truth should be left alone
The artist believes that their history is best left unexplored.

Be left alone...

Be left alone...

I learned the things you never showed me
The singer had to teach themselves things they should have learned from their father.

Took the chances you'd have blown
The artist took risks that their father wouldn't have approved of.

And to this day the one and only
The father remains completely absent and unknown.

You remain a complete unknown
The artist still doesn't know anything about their father.

Complete unknown...

Complete unknown...

[Chorus:]
Refrain/Repeated section of the song.

You're out there somewhere
The father is still alive and possibly in the world.

I don't know if you care at all
The singer has no idea if their father has any feelings towards them.

It seems that you don't
The artist assumes that their father doesn't care.

It's as if the day will never come
The possibility of meeting the father seems unlikely.

So many years I've been ignored
The singer has been without their father for so long that it's become normal.

You've been gone without a trace
The father has been absent and completely uninvolved in the singer's life.

I'm getting used to knowing you're just a name without a face
The artist has come to terms with the fact that they may never know their father.

Without a face...

Without a face...

[Chorus x 2]
Refrain/Repeated section of the song, twice.

You're out there somewhere
The father's whereabouts are still unknown to the artist.

I don't know if you care
The singer doesn't know if their father has any feelings towards them.