my uncle's navy

these memories are bitter in mood

i'd cut them out myself if that were possible

kind you cry yourself blind about

kind that choke you out

choke you out

had an uncle who was not by blood

liked to scare all the little girls away

and if you're tenderhearted you should stop the tape

snap the tape

he pulled the heads off of garter snakes

i cried so helpless for those dyin' creatures

you know i cried so hard i pissed myself

twistin' away from the horror

in the dark at sea

memories wear thick coats

the kind that pull you down

by refusin' to drown

you're choked under the shape

of a sailor

a sailor

deputized by the cruel god of children

no running water in his soul

just a hole

echoed when he called your name from down the hall

his name was a command that cuts the ears off fightin' dogs

then wipes the knife on his militia pants

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains

and he's braggin' all the while

if i say that black is blue it's blue

black is blue if i say it is

black is blue

black is blue if i say it is

i never wondered what made him that way

bullies are not born

they're pressed into a form

and i hated those who gave him access to our days

the ones who did nothin'

i still can't love them

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains

in the dark at sea

memories wear thick coats

the kind that pull you down

by refusin' to drown

you're choked under the shape

of a sailor

a sailor

a sailor

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains

mercurochrome and merthiolate stains