Dad said son
You been living so sinful
Your mother's back home
She's begging God to forgive you
And the cops came knocking on the door
But I said I don't know you are anymore
Tell 'em it's the same as it was before
Well I tried to explain, but I'm just wasting breath
Patiently waiting, but it's taking forever
I look away for a second, and you're making a mess
Getting angry at me isn't making it better
Changing what's done's nowheres sweet as revenge
When we meet at the edge, dead in the center
I'm saving you from the dangers ahead
You should say thank you, instead you're just yelling
I'm telling you now let's forget all about this
Forget about what?
Uh huh, exactly
This'll all be a pile of ashes
And we'll all go on as if it didn't happen
Ain't no upside when your down on your luck
Just lie on your face 'till you drown in the mud
And pray for the best to the sky way up
And expect nothing less, like the clouds give a fuck
Ay
Dad said son
You been living so sinful
Your mother's back home
She's begging God to forgive you
And I guess those prayers
Haven't worked yet
How many times do you think
You can swerve death?
Still the same as it all was before
I don't know why I bother anymore
What tommorow has in store isn't much for me
I was on the floor begging on my knees
I figured Jesus ain't nothing but a sucker's belief
Tell ya what
What I've come to believe -
Life's jugglin' nostalgia while you're stuck on repeat
And I swim in hot water, sinkin' up to my teeth
Singin' nobody knows the trouble I seen
I try to run, something's tuggin' my sleeve
Like oh well, sucks for you, you're stuck with me
I used to wonder like: "What does it mean?"
But now whatever it was, it means nothing to me
You see
All I'm told's what I'm supposed to be
And what I could be supposedly
It's like a dark cloud is over me
It's like I'm starting now to only see
And so I overheat until I oversleep
It's so controlling, it's choking me
And then around my neck they hold a rosary
And say "You're going to hell, that's sac-religious"
Ay
Dad said son
You been living so sinful
Your mothers back home
She's begging God to forgive you
Still the same as it all was before
Still the same as it all was before
Still the same as it all was before
And I can't keep catching your fall anymore