Soulbender - D-A-D

I’ve got a painters eye

And a skilled musicians ears

And I’m silent — in 7 languages

And I’ve got all my family’s fears…

What lives inside you?

Yeah, what stuffs your skin?

— Someone elses memory.

How come I never hear what I wanna hear

How come I never see what I wanna see…

The choice is small If there’s choice at all

But I’m holding on as if I’m going to fall

Now I know how it feels

— To be ragged and wild

-- Whipped like a stepchild

Feel the soulbender

Fear’s knocking at your skin

Feel the soulbender

Just to see if any soul is in.

Whether one want them to or not

So far between a while well spent

And the time spent keepin' up…

Make one devoted

And settle like a bird

Forgive and try not to hurt

Don’t take your garbage

— Anywhere but out.

Before the pup in your heart

— Becomes a dog in your mind

And it’s licking my brains…

Sucking reason out

It will be cooking my head

With the lid on tight

You know how it feels:

— 'Till I’m ragged and wild

Whipped like a stepchild

Feel the soulbender — Fear’s knocking at your skin

Feel the soulbender — Just to see if any soul is in.

Feel the soulbender — Fear’s knocking at your skin

Feel the soulbender — Bend you — Break you.

With empty eyes;

Blank, like two wet stones

In search for a home;

In search for a soul

Handed down on the family network

Learning how it works… — To be a jerk.

Feel the soulbender…