A Lasting Place (live from the Royal Albert Hall)

Lyrics

[Intro] What kind of man weeps at the feet of his wife in pain Holds up the pink and shrieking thing and feels the throb of time? What kind of man wraps a cloth around his waist and holds the baby to his chest Walks through the streets swaying like a drunk in the morning? What kind of man feels the rage of men and only swallows at his daughter's fists? What kind of man bends to hold them in their suffering In their questions, in their garbled turns of phrase? What kind of man admits his failures, turns over his heavy stones Stands at the feet of grief and wanting and does not turn away? What kind of man becomes a father, a lasting place? [Verse 1] Yeah, she see my father in me That's why she argue with me That's why thеy can't forgive me Yeah, rock and a hard placе, I wear a hard face Close the door, leave my house like I'm Scarface Yeah, sweet success that I can't taste I heard the bang, still I'm finishing the last race Lapping me, a year ago, yo, they was clapping me Nobody told me that I'd lose it so rapidly I thought this was the kind of thing that goes gradually My hairline, the good guys, I was glad to be Grim Reaper's catching me (Oh) It's like I work for him I'm being punished for the times that I would sin When I tried to do right, still I did the wrong thing I thought I was a king (Thought I was a king) I thought I was a king [Chorus] Trouble in the one-six-nine I almost lost my life Trouble in the one-six-nine [Verse 2] How am I supposed to sum it up? Oi listen, this is what the summer does And I ain't losing any one of us, a mother's love (Ah) A mother's love I know it isn't what it is, I wish this what it was The love is great To raise the man that you hate Growing in the man that you make Ah, knowing that if you plan your escape Then the next man's handed his fate They say that time waits for no man At least it didn't for my old man So fuck it, me and the devil, we could slow dance A slow dance through the city, through that cold sand I'm here, all fucking week and ain't got no plans Was staring back at the reflections of a grown man Yeah, was staring back at the reflections of a grown man But I don't want to be an old man [Bridge] Trouble in the one-six-nine I almost lost my life Trouble in the one-six-nine You almost lost your life You almost lost your life [Outro] Richard Spaven on the drums, man Yo, that song goes out to my beautiful girlfriend man, I love her with all my heart, man it goes like that