Ghoul

Lyrics

It wasn't just embezzlement, you thieving witch, you don't know the half of it We've been in and out of near destitution Terrified and disillusioned All of this on your wretched hands, you tore apart a family man So he took a drink and then the drink took him And it's been this way for each night since Incredulous, track back, cheques bounce, façade cracks, we will fall apart, you open the scars Lost in the dark, we fall you'll soon beg to be set free and see My family stand tall with me But you'll never get that chance This is all that you have left How could you laugh as you watched us fall apart? Fall apart, two children lost in the dark The robbed that smile, steal something from the thief, scratch and claw, through tooth and nail, but you will never take integrity from me I learned to listen and I listened well To a steady slew of trivial pleasures, with nothing left to kindle the blood but a sordid trust I yearned to lust, not broken trust, you fucked it up, so back to back, you cover your tracks, but remember when you can't hide from us Hither at the end of the river Lave in the burning shambles, perceived as fools, you played us all, you answer to the coven call, you're hand in hand amidst the ghouls The robbed that smile, steal something from the thief, scratch and claw, through tooth and nail, but you will never take integrity from me I hope you hear this in your sleep When in your dreams you cannot breathe You'll look up and you'll see me Taking back the youth that you stole from me My fathers hands used to shake from the drink and the stress Then his whole body trembled after loss and the debt So he took a drink, and the drink took him And its been that way, for nearly each night since Sewing sinister seeds, in my old man's blood He wants to push away, everything that he loved And just today, cleaning out his cabin stall I ran cloth over blood stains, and looked into myself Who's the real coward here? Who's the real coward here? I've watched a good man drown for years I haven't tried to stop it since I was a kid Who's the real coward here? I haven't tried to stop it since I was a kid When everyone walked away, I followed suit