oxeandale - burial

Hollow child with a death wish
He tried his best to be good for you
Was it good for you?
Forced a smile through the pavement
He broke his bones just to keep you clean
Was it good for you?
But no one came to the burial
He cupped the soil with both his palms
He filled the tomb and said goodbye
He gave a eulogy to the bees
Gave his body to feed the trees
Filled his cocoon and he didn't cry
Hollow child with an illness
That's what you called it, malignant cancer
You carved me open with a spoon
Said I was a monster and you meant it
And I took ten years to resent it
'Cause I was good to you
But no one came to the burial
I cupped the soil with both my palms
I filled the tomb and said goodbye
I gave a eulogy to the bees
Gave my body to feed the trees
Filled my cocoon and I didn't cry
17 years in the parking lot outside the party 'cause I'm too distraught
17 nights in the mirror lights but I'll do without back-handed invites
20 weeks hid under the sheets 'cause I couldn't breathe in your charity
20 friends dissolved into none 'cause
they're all afraid of impurity
But I'll take my kids and I'll take my trees
And we'll spend decades watching trash TV
Turn on the strobe lights and have pretend fights
'Cause we're halfway to insanity
And I'll drive my car down the I-19
Drinking week old Sprite, speeding out of spite
Drive to anywhere out the damn country
'Cause I'm sick of it here and I'm sick of all the pretty people

Written by:
Jese Aguilar

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