Ancestry (feat. Jesse Leach)

Left behind

You chose to leave

Now it looks like you’re leaving your family

There’s a cavern in your ribs

Where your heart used to be

I’ve been picking up what’s left of you

Connecting your pieces to my memories

Hoping they would ignite some sentiment

But they won’t inspire sympathy

The hollow point may have ripped you apart

You disregard the damage you’d impart

Rest in peace to our ancestry

That you maimed and left scarred

My judgement is clouded by the blood we share

We built our truth on top of all these lies

I still see the good in life

It’s not the end, although you see the light

I’ll see you on the other side

Maybe one day you’ll care

But it’s not my cross to bear

I didn’t skip a beat

When I heard the news that you

You couldn’t make it to your feet

All I have is apathy

Just another day of not knowing what to believe

Another tale another story

A lifetime of perjury

I wish I had the words to say I love you

I'm not sure I understand what those mean when I'm thinking of you

I have no words for you

When I needed you, you wouldn’t even hear it

You made your choices

You’ll live with them even if we’re gone

It’s impossible to find what’s real in all these fables

Unable to see through the resentment you’ve enabled

The hurt that you inflicted on yourself

Won’t amount to the pain of everyone else

I always wanted things to be different

Although you see the light

I’ll see you on the other side

We built our truth on top of all these lies

I still see the good in life

It’s not the end, although you see the light

I’ll see you on the other side