Mom I I let you down And you say the days are happy Why is the power off, and I'm up? And mom, I know not around But you place the blame on me As you pour another drink and
I we are who we are shining in the dark night, I drive on Maybe we took too far
I went in thinking about who what I said hurt, in what verse My mom got it the worst The brunt of it, but as as we are Did I take it too Cleaning out my closet and all them songs But regardless I don't hate you ma! You're still beautiful to me, cause my mom Though far be it for you to be calling, my was Vietnam Desert Storm and both of us put Can form an atomic bomb to chemical warfare And we can drag this on and on But, agree to That gift from me up under the Christmas don't mean shit to me You're kicking me out? It's fifteen degrees and Christmas Eve (little prick just leave) Ma, let me grab my fucking coat, anything to have other's goats Why we always at each others Especially when dad, he fucked us both We're in the same fucking boat, you'd that it'd make us close (nope) Further away that drove us, but together headlights shine, a car of belongings Still got a ways to go, back to grandma's house straight up the road And I was the man of the house, the oldest, so my shoulders carried the weight of the Then Nate got taken away by the state at years old, and That's when I realized you were sick and it wasn't fixable or And to this day we remained estranged and I it though, but
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the night I drive on we took this too far
'Cause to this day we remain estranged and I it though 'Cause you ain't even get to witness your grand baby's But I'm sorry for 'Cleaning Out My Closet', at the time I was angry Rightfully maybe so, never that far to take it though, 'cause Now I it's not your fault, and I'm not making jokes That song I no longer at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio And I think of Nathan being in a home And all the you fed us And how I wanted you to taste your own, but Now the medications taken over and your mental states slow And I'm way too old to cry, shit's painful though But ma, I forgive you, so does yo All you did, all you said, you did your best to raise us Foster care, cross you bare, few may be as heavy as yours But I you Debbie Mathers, oh what a tangled web we have, 'cause One thing I never asked was where the my deadbeat dad was Fuck it I guess he had trouble up with every address But I'd have every mattress, every rock and desert cactus Own a of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas ever moved them from me? That you could bet your ass's If I had to down the chimney dressed as Santa, kidnap them And although one has met grandma Once you pulled up in our drive one night as we were to get some hamburgers Me, her and Nate, we you, hugged you And as you left I had this overwhelming come over me As we pulled off to go our paths, and I saw your as I looked back And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to thank you for my Mom and my Dad So Mom, please accept this as a tribute I this on the jet I guess I had to get this off my chest, I hope I get the to lay it before I'm dead The stewardess said to fasten my seat belt, I guess crashing So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you get this message I'll always love you from afar 'Cause my mama
I we are who we are shining in the dark night I drive on Maybe we took too far
I want a new One without a So I'm home tonight no matter what the cost And if the plane goes Or if the crew wake me up know that I was alright And I was not to die
Oh if there's songs to sing My children carry me Just know that I'm I was not to die Because I put my in my new girl So I never say goodbye cruel Just that I'm alright I am not to die
I we are who we are Headlights in the dark night I drive on Maybe we this too far, I want a new life