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I addressed this letter to "dear father"
I know you as complete unknown
I guess it's better you don't bother
All our truth should be left alone
Be left alone
Be left alone

I learned the things you never showed me
Took the chances you'd've blown
And to this day, the one and only,
You remain a complete unknown

You're out there somewhere,
I don't know if you care, at all,
It seems that you don't
And since if that day will never come,
So you remain a complete unknown

So many years have been ignored,
You've been gone without a trace

I'm getting used to knowing you're just a name without a face
Without a face
Without a face

You're out there somewhere,
I don't know if you care, at all,
It seems that you don't
And since that day will never come,
So you remain a complete unknown

I addressed this letter to "dear father"
I know you as complete unknown
I guess it's better you don't bother
All our truth should be left alone

You're out there somewhere,
I don't know if you care, at all,
It seems that you don't
And seems that day will never come,
So you remain a complete unknown
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afitch1206 On Jul 16, 2007
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Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

this is obviously about avril lavigne and derick whibley after they broke up and he took her out to dinner at her favorite restaraunt called olive garden

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

this is about overweight people and how they are treated unfairly, u guys are jsut too fuckin ignorant to read between the lines. and infectedmonkey idk if ur joking or not but stfu if ur not gonna be fucki nserious ok this is fuckin songmeanings.net mother fucker

@torrentomike Was your statement meant to be sardonic/sarcastic/humorous? If it was intended to be taken seriously...HOW could ANYONE possibly interpret this song that way? HOW is it about obese people/their rights? Although I find the notion to be rather bizarre, I am not merely mocking you.

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

Great song and a lot of people can relate to it, including me. Although i know who my dad is, he wasn't there when i was growning up and ive only seen him once since when i was around 19.

With a lot of songs, its possible to interperate the lyrics to various meanings, but i really really do not get the previous comment on it being about obesity. Ive just been staring at the lyrics and theres just nothing that can point to it in any way. But hey 'torrentomike', if thats what you feel from the song then who am i to judge, just quit calling people fucking ignorant just because you dont agree with the meaning that 99% of us think it is

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Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

This is a song about black fathers.

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

Ok, I love this song:D

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

one of best on album, obv about derycks absentee father

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

good song

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

i guess this song is about derycks father...it seems that he left home and abondoned him...so i think he is angry with him..and he thinks his father doesnt care about him..and he is tellin his father to better dont bother wherever he is..is a good song..very angry..very sum 41

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

Mm, I know how he feels, Its a great song, but It must hurt to have to bring it up

Cover art for Dear Father lyrics by Sum 41

This song is about Deryck's father. (obviously). His mother was 17 when she had him. And before he was even born, his father abandoned him and his mother.

That is where "complete unknown" comes from. He never knew his father.

 
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