How can you give this child the name of her son
When you took him and murdered him, what have you done
And you’ve murdered his brother, his sister is dead
You scrape out their triumphs with footprints of red
You abuse your own children you fathered with she
You force them to be what you want them to be
You build them straw towers on the soil of the graves
Of the brothers who failed them by hiding in caves
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
You know what you did never can be undone
You murder your sons just to build up the one
Your favorite child, what have you made him do?
You have made him destroy all I knew to be true
So plug your ears and hide from attack
Your sputtering blade ignited into my back
You think you’re some iconoclast destroying my shrine
But I’ll keep the things that will always be mine
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
Plug your ears and hide from attack
Your sputtering blade ignited into my back
You think you’re some iconoclast destroying my shrine
But I’ll keep the things that will always be mine
When you took him and murdered him, what have you done
And you’ve murdered his brother, his sister is dead
You scrape out their triumphs with footprints of red
You abuse your own children you fathered with she
You force them to be what you want them to be
You build them straw towers on the soil of the graves
Of the brothers who failed them by hiding in caves
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
You know what you did never can be undone
You murder your sons just to build up the one
Your favorite child, what have you made him do?
You have made him destroy all I knew to be true
So plug your ears and hide from attack
Your sputtering blade ignited into my back
You think you’re some iconoclast destroying my shrine
But I’ll keep the things that will always be mine
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
She gave you her dowry, you threw it away
Her father knew best, I don’t care what you say
You see all she is and you strip it away
Because you wonder what the people will say
Plug your ears and hide from attack
Your sputtering blade ignited into my back
You think you’re some iconoclast destroying my shrine
But I’ll keep the things that will always be mine
