I Killed Saint Francis

When I was a child I had a cat
No one knew where it came from
And why it left and never came back
I always wanted to talk to animals
Like Saint Francis used to do
But I never understood why is it
That only gods, saints and
super heroes are allowed to
When I was a bit older
My grandfather got a dog
It was always running away
Because they both had the
same fear and love of God
Several years after I was married
my ex got a pet too
It was a reject from the seeing eye
Probably because she had realized
We had grown apart, she believed
we didn't have the same dreams,
goals, nor the same life insights
Too many fucking lonely nights
We couldn't see anymore eye to eye
And it was the end of her and I
I couldn't understand what was going on
But it sure felt like I was in a
black and white footage
of the 1975 fall of Saigon
Everything I believed in and loved
All of a sudden was dead and gone
My primary goal was to safeguard
The wellbeing of my children
To do what I always believed
And was shown, a father should
I picked up some of the pieces
To recreate a similar place
Where they would be with me
As much as we could
I even found true love again
With the most unique,
Most beautiful, human being
But after six of some of the
most intense years of my life,
I had to end to pretend
That I could have another wife
So just like that
I left all to never go back
Oh yeah, you can say that
I'm the one who killed Saint Francis
Who went through Hell to steal his powers
Oh yeah, I'm the one who did this
To speak with that old cat
Who told me it's OK
to evolve and change
Because what I have lost
I'll never get back