| Funeral
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| The Buttress
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| This tale of infanticide was inspired by Andrea Yates, who killed her babies to
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| send them to heaven.
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| I didn’t mean to, but the evil thing grew
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| Until a tree bloomed and it bore fruit
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| (THE BABIES ARE IN THE BATHWATER)
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| They had a bad father, and now I’ve made for him a memory
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| Remember me? |
| the one that bore your seed?
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| Well now they sleep
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| I lined 'em up one by one, daughter and son from old to young
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| Joshua, Noah, Matthew, and even Abby, only one
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| Crying, I baptized them
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| «I'm sorry my child, close your eyes for a while, Mommy loves you, goodbye»
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| They were the sweetest, remember how they needed us? |
| Like Jesus
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| Pleading, crying «Mommy, breastfeed us»
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| I’m sorry my angels, but the world is not a safe place for babies
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| They won’t blame me, my whole life’s been wasted
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| The crime was committed against me first when I gave birth
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| I’m not a nurturer, so I sent them innocent back to the earth
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| Now I’m standing here reminiscing, sharpening these knives in the kitchen
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| I think he’ll be coming home soon, I wonder if he’ll miss them
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| You weren’t aware of the female hysteria?
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| It’s scarier than miscarriages and the plans you weren’t aware of
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| In prenatal, premeditated hate I lied in wait
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| And now with my fatal rage this genealogy’s been erased
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| An empty cradle remains —
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| They’ll say I was a monster
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| Heartless for committing the darkest arts of the postpartum
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| The Mother Modern Worldly Cast to Hell
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| But what will become of the children?
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| Well I guess only time will tell |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Funeral , by - The Buttress. Song from the album Behind Every Great Man, in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп