Padraic My Prince
(专辑: Letting Off The Happiness - 1998)
I
had a
brother once He drowned in a
bathtub, Before he had ever learned how to talk And I
don't know what his name was, but my mother does I
heard her say it once, Padriac, my prince I
have all but died from the
sheer weight of my shame You cried but no one came, And the
water filled your tiny lungs Appear, my dear, and cry for me It was six years ago today That we laid you in your grave, Your sweet young skin was shining then too And so tonight to celebrate I
will poison myself Another coughing, shaking fit in a
bathroom, That is spinning And I
close the
door and rest my head on the
tile floor Sickness and sleep turning me cold I
am still not sure, Is there some better place I
could be heading towards? Where the
selfishly sick and self absorbed Are welcome I
saw the
future once, I
was drunk in a
phone booth My eyes were wet and red but I
could not tell what was said And through the
screams of the
traffic, Voices carried saying, "I am sorry" On a
day so gray it's black inside, Watching churches on TV In a
coma you don't dream, You just hope that someone sits with you Babies turn blue when they are ignored Like the
sky on summer days Before you turn and walk away, it has changed you So tonight to compensate I
will, I
will poison myself Another coughing, shaking fit in a
bathroom, That is spinning