Jynx deLygh

Lyrics

You put the weed eater in my hands, and set my ass to work
To face the summer day plans, and calling me a jerk
Twenty years in uniform, a salute you'll never see
But the discipline you drilled in me is the only reason I am free
You built this frame with calloused hands and a voice that could crack stone
Taught me to stand on my own two feet, so I could face this world alone

You were the rock, you were the wall, you were the goddamn fault line!
Your bitter medicine, I took it, now the strength is mine!
For every bird you fed outside, a curse behind the door,
I never knew which man you'd be, I don't miss you anymore... (I miss you more)

A slammed door punchline, my friends would all go pale
A joke that wasn't funny, a ship you set to fail
One minute, feeding sparrows, gentle as the dawn
The next, a hurricane of hate, and all the trust was gone
You'd scream 'till the pictures shook upon the wall
For some invisible war, you'd make us bear it all

You were the rock, you were the wall, you were the goddamn fault line!
Your bitter medicine, I took it, now the strength is mine!
For every bird you fed outside, a curse behind the door,
I never knew which man you'd be, I don't miss you anymore... (I miss you more)

And now the TV's silent, no Giants on the screen
No wings, no beer, and no you to scream at what it all should mean...
And goddamn it, Dad, the thing I hate the most
Is that I look at my own two hands and it's just your fucking ghost!"

You'd praise the sun for rising, then blame the rain on us
Sunday wings and baseball games, Monday morning shouting names
Your love was a weapon, your anger a reflection unto
You taught me how to fight, so I fight these ghosts of you.

You were the rock, you were the wall, you were the goddamn fault line!
Your bitter medicine, I took it, now the strength is mine!
For every bird you fed outside, a curse behind the door,
I never knew which man you'd be, I don't miss you anymore... (I miss you more)