Young Fathers

I was born in September

And like everything else

I can’t remember

I’ll replace it with scenes from the film

That I will never know

When I blinked it was over

I was thinking my life will get slower

That I will sort this shit out when I’m sober

(But you can better now that you’re older)

I read the scares on the front page

It says we’re waiting around for an ice age

It says our comforts they come with a price tag

(They cured the cancer but discovered a new plague)

I say just think of the children

And imagine the world that we’ve willed them

It’s populated with weirdos to kill them

And break their hearts

(And everybody knows)

That this is the end

It’s never fashionable

In a party conversation

(Now I’m as old as you were when you had me

Should I be afraid

Should I start a family

Raise them in the wild ‘cause up against the city

My love is such a small thing)

When you’re young you have

You have your whole life before you

Everyone will adore you

Grow up you’ll be an astronaut

Or anything you want

What goes up, goes up in flames

And now your choices surround you

And decision confounds you

And you’re pacing around the place

Shows you everything you’re not

And then the brief little romance

You committed a soul without its consent

To live a life as a bone without its content

‘Cause young people get old everyday

Yeah young people young people get bored

(Never went to church

Thought a song was gonna save me

Strumming out a hymn on a guitar that you gave me

Sermon that you spoke will build a fire if you’re smokin’

And our love is just a small thing)

I just called to tell you

I just called to say

Learned all your mistakes

You were my inspiration

And it wasn’t all we hoped for

But we shake it off when we say

Here’s your yellow ribbon

I am your consolation

I was born in September

And if I die today

You know I don’t regret you

Some things I can’t explain

It’s a slow descent

It’s a loveless place

Every goddamn day

I’m ready to go

No matter where you go

I will follow

I will follow

Anywhere you go

I just called to tell you

I just called to say

Learned all your mistakes

Passed down through generations