《Styrofoam Plates》歌词

[00:00:00] There's a saltwater film

[00:00:03] On the jar of your ashes

[00:00:05] I threw them to sea

[00:00:08] But a gust blew them backwards

[00:00:10] And the sting in my eyes

[00:00:14] Which you then inflicted

[00:00:15] Was par for the course

[00:00:17] Just as when you were living

[00:00:21] It's no stretch to say

[00:00:23] You were not quite a father

[00:00:25] But a donor of seeds

[00:00:28] To a poor single mother

[00:00:30] That would raise us alone

[00:00:34] We never saw the money

[00:00:35] That went down your throat

[00:00:37] Through the hole in your belly

[00:01:01] Thirteen years old

[00:01:03] In the suburbs of Denver

[00:01:05] Standing in line

[00:01:10] For Thanksgiving dinner

[00:01:11] At the Catholic church

[00:01:12] The servers wore crosses

[00:01:16] To shield from the sufferance

[00:01:18] Plaguing the others

[00:01:22] Styrofoam plates cafeteria tables

[00:01:24] Charity reeks of cheap wine and pity

[00:01:29] And I'm thinking of you

[00:01:35] I do every year

[00:01:40] When we count all our blessings

[00:01:42] And wonder what we're doing here

[00:03:34] You're a disgrace

[00:03:34] To the concept of family

[00:03:35] The priest won't divulge

[00:03:36] That fact in his homily

[00:03:38] And I'll stand up and scream

[00:03:39] If the mourning remain quiet

[00:03:40] You can deck out a lie

[00:03:43] In a suit but I won't buy it

[00:03:45] I won't join in the procession

[00:03:48] That's speaking their peace

[00:03:50] Using five-dollar words

[00:03:51] While praising his integrity

[00:03:56] And just 'cause he's gone

[00:03:57] It doesn't change the fact

[00:04:00] He was a bastard in life

[00:04:02] Thus a bastard in death