I found that I was becoming my father I had started off as the weird kid I was trying to navigate the edge of the curb A piece of metal flew into his eyelid His voice echoed through the wooden halls While I couldn’t quit staring at the patch I stay up at night with my eyes closed Because my whole life is afraid of the scratch
I found that I was becoming my father My goals are no longer my own He puts his finger in my chest and tells me to pay Stay away from your friends to earn a loan I promise to him to do a little better And submit an application for his old job But when they called him he said don’t hire me Because my whole life the place will rob
I found that I was becoming my father I can’t believe the words that I speak The phrases and tones are inherited I can’t control the authority that I seek The children all cower away in fear The temperature is rising in my brain My volume and sternness steadily increases I’m wondering what my whole life has to gain
