Oh, thou have fathered   Son and daughter   Doth beget, yet raised not bother   Paralyzed your children lives   Withered vines of family ties      Self destruction   Makes him function      Crayons and clay   Days turn blue to gray   An' days turn blue to gray      Oh, seventeen when   Family begin'   Drinkin', fightin', heroin   Unquenchable addictions call   Responsible to none above all      Self destruction   Makes him function      Crayons and clay   An' days turn blue to gray   An' days turn blue to gray      Lest I taste   It's sweet grapes   Glass to tongue   Across it tips   Cross my lips   Swallow it down      Please   Won't you love me?   Please help me see   What did I do?   Did I hurt you?      And now that you're gone   Emptiness lives on   The guilt's all I feel   No closure      Father   Mother   Fucker   No closure      No, no, no, no      The strings of my hearts   You pulled on endlessly   This twine is severed   With tragedy      Father   Mother   Destroyer   Destroy her      Your self destruction   What made you feel alive?   Your self destruction   Of your children's lives, lives