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Prologue
01:23
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All of our lives are precious
And for every word we say, every action we take
We affect people
It is our responsibility as humans to lift each other up
Not to tear down
And with our lives being as short as they are
Why would we waste time on malice?
My brothers, this ought not be so
I have spent far too much time not only allowing it
But provoking it
Please, learn from my story
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Drink
03:38
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Father
The life I’m left to live must be left behind
If God had a plan when he made me then he must have been half high
So we take all our love and throw it away we feel that someday we might be saved
So we take all our hate and throw it away for that rainy day
So let the choir sing
I drink too much I need some time to think
I think too much I need some time to drink
Confrontational words they break my mind
Words with no meaning whose sole purpose is to make me argue all the time
So we take all our love and throw it out because what is life without some doubt
And I’ll take my hand and put it out to you
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Measured Markings
05:21
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Father to Mother
I’m in a house familiar feelings on the floor
This is my house there’s measured markings on the door
My son’s upstairs my wife is nowhere to be found
I pull my hair calm down, sit down, and down it
I go outside I feel the wind that’s on my face
I am outside deciding whether or not to chase
Don’t leave my side cause I will not give up this chase
Don’t leave my side Don’t leave my side
I know you aren’t I know you’re not better than this
I know that you’re not better than this you’ve been sleeping around
I gave you time oh yeah I patiently endured
Life gave you mine looking back that’s just absurd
Just come back home this will have never taken place
I’ve seen your eyes and they’ve been distant for days
I’ve heard you cry almost every single night
Just come back home Just come back home
I know you aren’t I know you’re not better than this
I know that you’re not better than this you’ve been sleeping around town
Take! Take! Take! All I have from me and
Burn! Burn! Burn! All the will that you see
Two hearts intertwined but a head that’s made for fools
I gave you love you gave me life without you
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Folly
05:46
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Son
She left him and now he sees
The folly of the life he leads
Father
The folly of the life I lead
Son
I’m like a tree that’s uprooted through
The means which I did not choose
Father
Means which he didn’t choose
So son I need you to know life ain’t always fair
Just grow up and be a man
Son
You were never there for me
So I’ll try my hand I’ll be a man
You left me by myself
So I’ll drink this shelf forget this hell
I’m falling down and I think I’m drunk
But it helps to keep my feelings numb
Father
It helps to keep my feelings numb
Son
And I shouldn’t have to go to this extreme
Oh God I’m you or so it seems
Father
Oh God he’s me or so it seems
Son
I’m gonna end up just like you
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5. |
The Fight
05:07
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Father
I was searching for my son
I found him that boy was drinking up rum
I said he was foolish do as I say and not as I do
Because I, I’m living to die
And he said
Don’t lecture me because I already know
If you’re gonna die
Well that’s what I hope
I’ve failed him he’s falling he’s crying
I’m trying to stop but my mind works too slow
I wasn’t thinking I threw a punch he fell to the ground
And I, on this path I am bound
Intoxicating this feeling I found
And I can’t stop till he don’t make a sound
He says I’m a monster and I think he’s right
But what does it matter if I win the fight
I’ve failed him he’s falling he’s dying
Oh how it felt when my fist hit his face
Not to sound resolute but God it felt great
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Somber Song
05:36
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Father
I said I’d show him no mercy well that turned out well
I’ve got problems yeah we all do
And I’d guess that you can tell
Followed down like an amateur with immaturity
I felt my life hit rock bottom with every hit he felt
So I’ll sing this somber song
So I can sober up
I’ve been trying my whole life
But I guess it’s a bit too tough
I’m a dry river bed with dirt all around
You’re the water and you’ve left me for much much greener ground
I’m a tree I’m uprooted by soil so spoiled
It feels that by one oak it cannot no will not be bound
She said “kill the lies before I leave
Because obviously it wasn’t ever me
Those words hit like a train going full speed ahead
Oh I love you no I love him I wish that you were dead
(Mother & Son: I wish that I was dead)
My mistakes are mine I’ll live up to that but I will not be patronized and here’s what I’ll emphasize
I will not hold your grudges for you so it might be best to move on
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7. |
This World Is All Mad
04:54
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Son
If I were to go and die you wouldn’t see me
If I were to pick up stride you couldn’t flee me
We’re two peas in a pod of bitter treatment
I just never thought that you would leave him
Father & Son
This world is all mad and I just can’t seem to
Find my place at my pace
But this world’s not all bad I just can’t seem to go and
Find my place at my pace
Son
There were two things you told me when you left
If you tell a lie long enough then it becomes the truth
And if you put yourself on a pedestal
You won’t, no you won’t lose your view
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Sympathy/Empathy
06:31
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Father
Here’s my love
No matter what the consequence is
I just want to feel your touch
I’m sorry if I made life rough
I just had to know why
Since that day
She cheated and she ran away
I got drunk I thought I’d be ok
The blood the hate that spilled out of me
I’m sorry
Father & Son
Sympathy is great but empathy is better
You say that you lost your love
And you seemed so bitter
But what if you never had it from the start
Oh how black, how black that would make your heart
Son
You think you have courage
You think you got it all figured out
If you’re thinking that we’re alright
Oh well now father I wouldn’t go that far
This reality has changed my perception
And I’ve become frail from your bristled affection
No I won’t put my hand in the cookie jar
It’s done it’s over
Father
Well I was searching for a life that wouldn't leave
While I failed to see, that life ain't all about me
I regretfully insist, all the moments that I missed
They were for this
To start anew and start with you
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9. |
75 Fingers
06:20
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Son
You said the drink is gone
You’d gotten right with God
But with all the lies it don’t mean much to me
So I’ll make this clear you better listen hear
I need you to know that forgiving is not forgetting
Father
But I won’t point fingers
Because it always ends up
That there’s 75 fingers pointed back at me
I know I’ve lost my mind
And I can’t make this work
But I swear I’m fine
No matter how much this hurts
So I’ll make this clear you better listen hear
I need you to know that forgiving is not forgetting
Father & Son
But I won’t point fingers
Because it always ends up
That there’s 75 more fingers they’re pointed back at me
If I could change the past
Then I would change the past
But I can’t change the past
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This Noise Evansville, Indiana
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