Styrofoam Plates - Band Demo

[00:00.35] There's a saltwater film on the jar of your ashes
[00:05.24] I threw them to sea, but a gust blew them backwards
[00:10.21] And the sting in my eyes, which you then inflicted
[00:15.23] Was par for the course, just as when you were living
[00:20.37] It's no stretch to say you were not quite a father
[00:25.05] But a donor of seeds to a poor, single mother
[00:30.25] That would raise us alone, we never saw the money
[00:35.40] That went down your throat through the hole in your belly
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[01:00.56] 13 years old in the suburbs of Denver
[01:05.41] Standing in line for Thanksgiving dinner
[01:09.79] At the Catholic Church, the servers wore crosses
[01:15.26] Shield from the sufferance plaguing the others
[01:20.28] Styrofoam plates, cafeteria tables
[01:25.07] Charity reeks of cheap wine and pity
[01:29.52] And I'm thinking of you as I do every year
[01:34.42] When we count all our blessings and wonder what we're doing here
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[03:24.17] You're a disgrace to the concept of family
[03:29.16] The priest won't divulge that fact in his homily
[03:33.94] And I'll stand up and scream if the mourning remain quiet
[03:38.66] You can deck out a lie in a suit, but I won't buy it
[03:43.81] I won't join in the procession that's speaking their piece
[03:48.26] Using five-dollar words while praising his integrity
[03:53.58] And just 'cause he's gone, it doesn't change the fact
[03:57.96] He was a bastard in life, thus, a bastard in death, yeah!
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