Optimistic Son

Lyrics

I was an optimistic son Excited to love Then my parents told the truth " Evil from youth " Do I have the strength to stare down these eyesUntil it turns back to a face I recognize? [Chorus] What would you hear if I told you that I need you With a need too deep to speak? Would the ceiling fall and the walls cave in From a secret too big to keep? If I fell down at your doorstep naked Would you take me in and cover me? Dress my skin in a fresh coat of blood Here I am for you to see [Verse 2] I was an incubating heart In your arms, in the dark I fell out while you were asleep In the viscеra of your dreams And you wiped off my face and you gavе me a name Added up to a son that could take away the shame, but [Chorus] What would you hear if I told you that I need you With a need too deep to speak? Would the ceiling fall and the walls cave in From a secret too big to keep? If I fell down at your doorstep naked Would you take me in and cover me? Dress my skin in a fresh coat of blood Here I am for you to see [Bridge] Look at me, am I expired meat? Am I an animal that you mistook for human? Hold me, I am still incomplete There is a part of me I am afraid of losing Look at me like you looked at me When I was gonna be Everything you and our family could need [Instrumental Outro]