My Father, the Fatalist - Therefore I Am

The colors were captured in '89

We were two children

One six months, one thirty-one

I wished you had whispered

Listen, son, a disease is buried deep inside of me

And inside of you as well

'Cause now I’m left waiting

Like father, like son

We were both born with the damage done

At least now I know, death claimed my name

The day the moment I was born

All of the women who will weep and who will mourn

Those that will cry alongside my casket

Have all been called, their calendars marked

'Cause the cancer that will kill me has been formed

So I say, metaphysics no more

I sleepwalk with X’s for eyes

I’ve got nothing but time

'Cause now I’m left waiting

Life father, like son

We were both born with the damage done

I always wondered why you ran away

Idle time is all to blame

The devil’s playground where you use to lay