Mom I I let you down And though you say the days are Why is the power off, and I'm up? And mom, I know not around But don't you the blame on me As you yourself another drink and
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the dark night, I on Maybe we took too far
I went in Never thinking about who what I said hurt, in verse My mom got it the worst The brunt of it, but as as we are Did I it too far? Cleaning out my closet and all other songs But regardless I don't you 'cause ma! You're still beautiful to me, you're my mom Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Desert Storm and both of us put Can an atomic bomb equivalent to chemical warfare And we can drag this on and on But, agree to That gift from me up the Christmas tree don't mean shit to me You're kicking me out? fifteen degrees and it's Christmas Eve (little prick just leave) Ma, let me grab my fucking coat, anything to each other's goats Why we always at each others throats? Especially when dad, he us both We're in the same fucking boat, you'd think that it'd us close (nope) Further away drove us, but together headlights shine, a car full of belongings Still got a ways to go, back to grandma's it's straight up the road And I was the man of the house, the oldest, so my shoulders carried the of the load Then Nate got taken away by the at eight years old, and That's when I realized you were and it wasn't fixable or changeable And to this day we remained and I hate it though, but
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the night I drive on Maybe we this too far
'Cause to this day we remain estranged and I it though you ain't even get to witness your grand baby's growth But I'm sorry mama for 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 play at 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 just wanted you to taste own, but Now the medications taken over and your mental deteriorating slow And I'm way too old to cry, that shit's painful But ma, I you, so does Nathan yo All you did, all you said, you did your best to us both Foster care, that cross you bare, few may be as heavy as But I love you Debbie Mathers, oh what a tangled web we have, One thing I never was where the fuck my deadbeat dad was Fuck it I guess he had trouble keeping up with address But I'd have flipped every mattress, every rock and desert Own a collection of maps and followed my to the edge of the atlas Someone ever moved them from me? That you could bet your If I had to come down the dressed as Santa, kidnap them And although one has met their you pulled up in our drive one night as we were leaving to get some hamburgers Me, her and Nate, we introduced you, you And as you left I had overwhelming sadness come over me As we off to go our separate paths, and I saw headlights as I looked back And I'm mad I get the chance to thank you for being my Mom and my Dad So Mom, please accept this as a I wrote this on the jet I guess I had to get this off my chest, I hope I get the chance to lay it I'm dead The said to fasten my seat belt, I guess we're crashing So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you get this message that always love you from afar you're my mama
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the dark I drive on Maybe we this too far
I a new life One a cause So I'm coming tonight Well no what the cost And if the plane goes Or if the crew wake me up Just that I was alright And I was not to die
Oh if there's songs to sing My will carry me Just that I'm alright I was not to die Because I put my faith in my new So I never say cruel world Just that I'm alright I am not to die
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the night I drive on Maybe we this too far, I want a new life