You wake me, to fill your water bowl
Take a walk where you ask for a longer stroll
Like all love, began when least expected
When I was lost and had to seek direction
I won't forget the first kiss on the nose
Affection, you also took a piss on my clothes
Upsetting, but that's the dichotomy of love
When I'm rapping on some drums while you're asking for a rub
When push comes to shove, you're a sensitive twerp
But I hope that you never felt second to work
Nothing matters more than your evident quirks
So I hate the thought of being some negligent jerk
It's true, Claude, don't want to be seen as a huge fraud
The new songs would end if I was treating my dude wrong
I'd move on for my beautiful boy
Teach you more tricks and see your tail moving with joy
I rescued you, but you saved me
What I gave you doesn't match what you gave me
And lately, I feel like I'm owing you more
A new leash, a few treats that I know you adore
So throw me a bone, and let me be a better friend
More than a home, more than who's keeping you fed
You've made me a stronger soul
So relax, and let me fill that water bowl
Water bowl, that water bowl
I've now sacrificed all control
I know I may live longer than you
An idea I keep finding harder to chew
But I can't leave that thought on the shelf
And I can't train you to permanent health
A walk a day, won't keep the doctor away
I can't fix tomorrow with what I got you today
That water bowl
I've now sacrificed all control
I gave you a bone, one day I may roam
Leave in the morning and not make it home
You'll only think you were abandoned by me
And no adoptive parent is a stand in for me
I can only be the man that I manage to be
And hope to god you're never left damaged by me
If they do a biopsy and cancer is seen
I can't explain how that's the final chapter for me
But I promise, mom and Andrew will be
Your new parents, it's how I planned it to be
I've never made a move without you in mind
Cause life and death prove you can't choose the time
Usually I'm not one for sadness
Understand this, I will never run nor panic
That goddamn water bowl
I know, I've sacrificed all control
I know that you're only five
And I know we still got the rest of our lives
I know that I should focus on now
But what I don't know is the why, when or how
I know that I'm a stronger soul
Who still lives in fear of that empty water bowl