Bastards

I hope this finds you well

A father lost and mother dear

The family that's kept me here

A hard lesson learned

and I've learned it well

How to lose everything

How to push you away

How to lie when I say

I'll never raise a hand to the ones I love ever again

You begged and you prayed

For your god and his grace

To keep you safe

To save you from me

My broken spirit and back

My calloused shaking hands

The ache I carry in them

Are my grief and skeletons

The weight you carried inside

A weight that ain't my bloodline

Blackout the sunrise

I count these burdens as mine

And still all you see is that bastard in me

Believing in hell

A father lost and mother dear

The family that I squandered here

A hard lesson learned

and I forgot it all

How to lose everything

How to push you away

How to lie when I say

I'll never raise a hand to the ones I love ever again

You begged and you prayed

For your god and his grace

To keep you safe

To save you from me

My broken spirit and back

My calloused shaking hands

The ache I carry in them

Are my grief and skeletons

The weight you carried inside

A weight that ain't my bloodline

Blackout the sunrise

I count these burdens as mine

And still all I see is that bastard in me