[Verse 1]
I am a father, unto the son of a deity
The day I sailed that river into Hades, I must pay a fee
I lost a daughter but saw her when I crossed the water
Rushed toward her and caught but nothing more than dust
The torture of that awful daunting dawn's
The force always propelling me
Forward through the mourning tune
Still haunted by her melody
I'm humble in the shadow of my father's legacy
Inheriting his sentiments that once I thought I'd never see
Reassessing then amending my identity
In light of the descendent seed that destiny has sent for me
He needs his father, his father needs his son
And so we march on deeper 'til the final deed is done

[Chorus]
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son
[Verse 2]
My son's a piece of me, I've become so pleased to see him
Cleaving a beast to pieces like he's a piece of meat for eating
Each and every lesson is ample
I need to be there to set an example
To mop up the mess and untangle the web
That not every man can accept even handle
He needs his father, each eve is darker than the previous
Harking to the deepest depths of Tartarus where they're leaving us
I need to see his future, pleading, bartering with Prometheus
Can he see us? I want to swathe my babe
In the armour of Odysseus, can't safeguard or guarantee
He stays from harm's way, he might stray
And everynight I'm away from his light is a dark day
That I can't take, to take him away would leave part of me numb
I'd rather be done, rather be hung
Drawn and quartered than the thought of a fatherless son
He needs his father, his father needs his son
And so we march on deeper 'til the final deed is done
He needs his father, his father needs his son
And so we march on deeper 'til the final deed is done

[Chorus]
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son
[Verse 3]
Your low status own case has no basis so face it
I'm crumbling it like oat cakes 'cause you're bumbling and it shows
Race with no brakes or low stakes
Don't be slow paced, life won't wait
For the death dance and when I throw shapes
They rotate 'til a bone breaks, though blows rain
Don't show pain, I'm poe faced, not for my own sake
But for that of my son, aim to be so brave
So sow grain and restow grace
When I show faith, I showcase
We can both brace our unknown fates
Like snowflakes that float straight over boats, lakes
Any location the flow takes us
So the day that smoke makes us choke
They will know Kratos rose Atreus
My god, those flows; gracious
Brace yourself for even more
'Cause I'm only getting started
These flows aren't for the faint hearted
I'm a great Skarl spinning bardic tales, big as hearts of whales
Splitting waves like a shark fin
Making a mark in a state of the art way
Making you pray for the lately departed
Painting a stark image, raising up our kid
While trying to tame all the rage of a Spartan
Can't list all the ways that I'm hurting
The play's just starting, they're raising the curtain
How can a father make way for his heir?
Well, there's only really ever one way to be certain
[Chorus]
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son
I am my father's son
I am the father of my son
Whose father's father's son
Is farther from his father than his son