Danger Starts

Bled to death in a bathroom

Forever humming a sad tune

Memories wish I could tattoo

Dad I've been meaning to ask you

Were you scared when you died?

Or did you feel relief?

Were you terrified, or just at peace?

When I came to collect your things, fourteen only a kid

Fingerprints on magazines, milk still in the fridge

It was like you had just stepped out, items all in their place

But there was one thing left out, you, blank space

Did you care about family?

Did you wish you'd abandon me?

Now you can't see what I became

Too weak to try to change

Can't speak I'm so angry

Recall your voice just vaguely

Sorta seems like lately, man it's all fading

And I worry that my life might be some kinda facsimile

Your doomed trajectory silently impressed on me

Shit happens to everyone, but this story's mine

And I can't help but think I'm next in line

[Hook sampled from beginning of "Elephants" by Warpaint]

I'll break your heart to keep you far from where all danger starts

Drank til the bottle ran out, now we got a man down

And it made no sound

Except the crack of his skull on the ground

Dad, did it fade out easily?

Did you see the light?

Were you sad to be leaving me or just sick of life?

Tried desperately to get you sober

Dope hidden in the trunk, doubled over

Red spots on the tile

Couldn't understand as a child

Still really don't and you're long gone so I really won't

Never really know what it meant, if anything at all

Left with nothing but what I can recall

Objects are imbued with the essence of you but I sense that it's false

Mind playing tricks phone messages but you'll never get the calls

If you had the chance to say one thing

Would you tell me that you love me?

I hope so, carry you everywhere I go

[Hook sampled from beginning of "Elephants" by Warpaint]

I'll break your heart to keep you far from where all danger starts