A Lot Like Birds – No Nurture Lyrics

All I really wanted was this home,
A place to get away from all the cold.
I think Im okay now, much more aware.
My body is failing, getting slowly there.
And we choose to remember, always the same place.
Can we move on past the outpost?
We thought that each other was all we would need.
We thought that each other was all wed need.
Well, I had a technicolor father with mechanical parts
And an on and off heart switch.
And he snapped all our plugs,
Dragged them out through the doorway like electrical entrails.
As they dangled behind him, intestinal, wormlike,
I grabbed one and sank in my teeth.
It showed no signs of life.
As static as a starscape
That pulses when the channel is missing and signal is lost,
Only to be seen at night,
In dreams and lucent skies.
And yes, we have found out cause its only fair.
Youve withheld the words of affection from when I cared.
Now its too late to mend us.
We start to deteriorate but we can always remember
We would not have been the same.
If you had stayed nearby, would I have grown up in your image?
If so, then its good that you left.
They say like father, like son.
Is that the reason that I constantly feel like I dont exist?
I lost my fallen teeth to the bottom of the pillow.
I lost all my sleep on Christmas Eve.
And Id do it all over for the little optimism
That I harbored before you taught me to never believe.
I just cant stand to see the same old walls.
Try to leave me all alone.
I dont want to see you at all.
I cant help it.
Im bottling everything up.
You promised youd keep me safe and sound.
Father, the day you die I hope you die in a living room.
You promised you would deliver me.
I hope the irony does not let you laugh.
I hope the life that flashes before your eyes is mine and it doesnt flash fast.
If you had stayed nearby, would you have taught me to vanish?
If so, then its all for the best.
They say like father, like son.
Is that the reason that every time a person loves me I find it hard to love them back?