No Nurture

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Intro: Kurt Travis] All I really wanted was this home (All I wanted was) A place to get away from all the cold (Place to get away from) All I really wanted was... [Verse 1: Kurt Travis] I think I'm okay now, much more aware My body is failing, getting slowly there And we choose to remember, always the same place Can we move on past the outpost? We thought that each other was all we would need (Oh, oh-oh-oh) We thought that each other was all we'd need (Oh, oh, oh) [Verse 2: Cory Lockwood & Kurt Travis] Well, I had a Technicolor father with mechanical parts And an on-and-off heart switch And he snapped all our plugs Dragged them out through the doorway like electrical entrails As they dangled behind him, intestinal, worm-like I grabbed one and sank in my teeth It showed no signs of life As static as a starscape that pulses when the channel is missing and signal is lost (Oh, oh, oh) Only to be seen at night, in dreams and lucent skies (Oh-oh, oh) [Verse 3: Kurt Travis] And yes, we have found out 'cause it's only fair You've withheld the words of affection from when I cared Now it's too late to mend us We start to deteriorate, but we can always remember We would not have been the same [Verse 4: Cory Lockwood] If you had stayed nearby, would I have grown up in your image? If so, then it's good that you left They say, "Like father, like son" Is that the reason that I constantly feel like I don't exist? I lost my fallen teeth to the bottom of the pillow I lost all my sleep on Christmas Eve And I'd do it all over for the little optimism That I harbored before you taught me to never believe [Bridge: Cory Lockwood] (You taught me to never believe You taught me to never believe) [Chorus: Kurt Travis] I just can't stand to see the same old walls (You promised you would deliver me) Try to leave me all alone (You promised you'd keep me safe and sound) I don't want to see you at all (You promised you would deliver me) I can't help it, I'm bottling everything up (You promised you'd keep me safe and sound) [Outro: Cory Lockwood] Father, the day you die, I hope you die in a living room I hope the irony does not let you laugh I hope the life that flashes before your eyes is mine, and it doesn't flash fast If you had stayed nearby, would you have taught me to vanish? If so, then it's all for the best They say, "Like father, like son" Is that the reason that every time a person loves me I find it hard to love them back?