DEATH IN THE FAMILY

The Sophs

I need a death in the family

to turn my page

I need them to understand

I have learned my place

cause what good’s atoning for sin

I’d be bleeding on the sharks

I need divine intervention

to wash away these scars

don’t take the things you think I

don’t take the things you think I have

just wait for god to take my brother, sister, mother, uncle, aunt

I need a death in the family

to shift the plotIi need some people to forget all their forget me nots

cause what good is showing your hand

when they’d have you cut it off

and what good’s an honest man

who’s accepted that he’s lost

don’t take the things you think I

don’t take the things you think I have

just wait for god to take my brother, sister, mother, uncle, aunt

cause all is

love war

and taxes

I’ve built my house

on stolen valor

sympathy and charm

but all your little men might set their sights on you

if you show up with a pitchfork to a funeral

Let me go