《Family Portrait》歌词

[00:00:00] Family Portrait (全家福) - Radical Face

[00:00:55] 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

[00:01:07] He learned some words and some clever turns of phrase from his father's book of poets

[00:01:13] She wasn't taken in that instant but grew impressed with his persistence

[00:01:19] They met each other out by moonlight made love in the nearby woods then her folks became suspicious when her cycle broke that settled it

[00:01:30] 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

[00:02:12] I was born in a river of blood on sheets from the wedding day

[00:02:17] The room was dark and the stench was thick

[00:02:20] My father couldn't stand the smell of it

[00:02:23] Mama died in the night cause the nearest doctor couldn't stem the blood loss

[00:02:29] Father cried out on the back porch

[00:02:32] My sister held me at the neighbor's house

[00:02:35] Oh my there was a storm then there was a flood of a different kind

[00:02:41] Father's eyes were often vacant but his hands were rarely quiet

[00:02:47] Sister learned to take her hits well both from life and the physical kind

[00:02:52] But I was never one to lie down despite picked the fight

[00:02:59] So we designed our hells

[00:03:29] Father turned into a drinker a dark bastard with a wooden heart

[00:03:34] Sister learned to be a mother before she never played another part

[00:03:40] And I became a little terror I lashed out at whatever's around

[00:03:46] Took some time before I settled to find a mind that was somewhat sound

[00:03:53] And like it always does time rushed on

[00:04:10] Six years later father dies in the very same bedroom

[00:04:14] Many said it was the grief that did it

[00:04:18] I have to say it's cause he hung himself

[00:04:21] To be honest neither sister nor myself ever much reqret his passing

[00:04:27] But I admit it was a nice thing to always know that we could feed ourselves