Song for Progress - Holy Shadow
From the comp “Music of the Mentally Ill”, which aims at working toward ending the stigma against mental illness. There’s a link below to donate if you want. All proceeds goes to helping prevent suicide.http://music.humankitten.com/album/music-of-the-mentally-ill-a-benefit-compilation
this is a song about dads and alcohol and parents who solve things by throwing thingsone day soon, there are scorch marks on the bed
murder tape around the indent where i used to lay my head
one day soon, they might finally question the bruises left on the carpet
but there is no sense to be madecoat hangers, whisper secrets to the closet kids
understand the apprehension coming from hands
if you unbutton my shirt, and take off my bra
find where i hid all my jewelry, and then cut me offi’ll self destruct and you’ll implode
and they won’t be able to identify you
they’ll pick the teeth out of my brain
and they won’t be able to identify you
we’ll be john doe’s in the small town morgue
and they won’t be able to identify youi am a mirror, i’ll do everything just raise your hand
i am a bathtub, full of all your lovely dirty scabs
one day soon, they might dig up the hearts that i hid in the backyard
but there is no sense to be madeill be waiting like god for you
when you do when you do when you do
ill be waiting like a cop for you
when you do when you do when you do
i’ll be waiting like your son for you
when you do, when you do, when you dof#m d a g#m
d e f# a
we’ll lay our sleeping bags on the floors of old abandoned buildings
an acoustic guitar and we’ll sing ourselves through sobriety
spare some change for some food to eat maybe once or twice a day spend the rest on booze and hope we’re not too drunk to concentrate
and we’ll sing! our lousy songs! our lonely tunes! and we’ll sing our lonely asses to sleep!
