Picking Up Knives

Mother watching from the window

Funny how there's still no sign

Recently you know she's seen her baby change

What if he has crossed the line?

His brother was hanging with the big crowd

Never seen a harder man

And the hero sets a battle for the child

He wants to do his family proud

Running through the beat of his life

Learning to graduate to picking up knives

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Cover your ears from the violence

It's getting worse here day by day

Have you seen the streets

They're running with young blood

Crimson tide among the grey

Running through the streets of his life

And he'll learn the tricks of the night

Gotta prove his brother was right

He'll get better at, better at picking up knives

And then, it tells another tale

Another young boy found

In the streets last night

And the people hide

Afraid to go outside

And the water's running wild

With the finding of the child

Mother watching from the window

Hears a sound beside the door

And she runs to it, her hand across her heart

She sees her little boy once more

But I stand watching from my window

I see the lights as they arrive

I've been waiting for you,

Waiting for all the night

Now I know the reason why

Running to the beat of his life

Where he learned the tricks of the night

He had to prove his daddy was right

But he got better at, better at picking up knives

And I'll never understand (Picking up knives)

Never see him as a man (Picking up knives)

There was beauty in his eyes (Picking up knives)

(Picking up, sticking up, picking up)

I will never say good bye (Sticking up, picking up knives)