Radical Face - Family Portrait

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[00:00.00]Family Portrait - Radical Face
[00:55.91]So we start with my father as a boy barely spoke a word of english fell in love from a distance He watched her working from the back fence
[01:07.37]He learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's book of poets
[01:13.35]She wasn't taken in that instant but grew impressed with his persistence
[01:19.38]They met each other out by moonlight **** **** in the nearby woods then her folks became suspicious when her cycle broke that settled it
[01:30.91]They stole away without their goodbyes got married in a foreign town made their way as best as they could Found jobs and settled down And then time moved on
[02:12.33]I was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day
[02:17.98]The room was dark and the stench was thick
[02:20.59]My father couldn't stand the smell of it
[02:23.56]Mama died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood loss
[02:29.48]Father cried out on the back porch
[02:32.51]My sister held me at the neighbor's house
[02:35.85]Oh my there was a storm then there was a flood of a different kind
[02:41.08]Father's eyes were often vacant but his hands were rarely quiet
[02:47.08]Sister learned to take her hits well both from life and the physical kind
[02:52.94]But I was never one to lie down despite picked the fight
[02:59.68]So we designed our hells
[03:29.13]Father turned into a drinker a dark bastard with a wooden heart
[03:34.74]Sister learned to be a mother before she never played another part
[03:40.48]And I became a little terror I lashed out at whatever's around
[03:46.34]Took some time before I settled to find a mind that was somewhat sound
[03:53.21]And like it always does time rushed on
[04:10.43]Six years later father dies in the very same bedroom
[04:14.89]Many said it was the grief that did it
[04:18.60]I have to say it's cause he hung himself
[04:21.47]To be honest neither sister nor myself ever much reqret his passing
[04:27.36]But I admit it was a nice thing to always know that we could feed ourselves