Death By Shotgun
(专辑: Return To Struggleville - 2009)
Well, he's been out of work for months But still dresses for the
office And he kisses his wife goodbye And he heads for his park bench Oh, every morning Well, his briefcase in hand And he just can't seem to tell her Inside he's no longer a
man And he looks through the
paper Convinced that nobody wants him His hands to his side in surrender, chest caved in His eyes are half open, not tired, but not awake And he spends his days hoping for an end to the
headache And he-he writes it all down About everything and nothing He talks about his kids And how he wants to leave 'em something He's got a
thing for pain, and he blocks it all with his heart To keep from going insane, he puts it all in his art And that eases his mind, but it never lasts long He keeps repeating to himself: Y-you gotta be strong, y-you gotta be strong, y-ya gotta be strong Well, he just can't seem to put it all together He tries to think of the
ways that it could all be better Well, his family and his life no longer compel him Well, he talks to himself, and says: You gotta swim Well, He's tired of the
sickness And he begs for the
insulin He tries to keep above water, and he prays for the
will to win He wants to be a
good father But he knows that he's not one And dreams of eating a
barrel, full of, death by shotgun