The Alien

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The lights were low enough, you guessed You swapped your conscience with your father's medication Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville And on the way, wrote out a self-made declaration And when you got to Pleasant Hill You forced the traffic to erase your family demons And made a pact with you and God: "If you don't move I swear to you I'm gonna make ya" [Chorus] Do you need me? Do you need me? Do you need me? Do you need me? [Verse 2] When the first officer arrived It happened to be the high school bully of your brother When you finally recognized You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you Can you hear me? What's your name? You could not speak, just laid amazed at all the damage As the high school's letting out All the kids're saying the same thing that they used to [Chorus] It's an alien It's an alien It's an alien It's an alien [Interlude] [Verse 3] The lights were low enough you guessed Hospital food, there's never enough medication The doctor asked about your ears You said your mom said you were made from a revelation But revelation never scares Your fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors Were you just finally letting go? Or did you mean to take out all those people with you? [Chorus] "Didn't mean to Didn't mean to Didn't mean to Didn't mean to" Oh, I didn't mean to (Take the time to terrify the throne) Oh, I didn't mean to (You'll never let it go) No, I didn't mean to (Take the time to terrify the throne) Oh, I didn't mean to (They'll never let you go) [Outro] Time is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone (You won't ever know) Time has come to take the last commandment and to carve it in your stone (You won't ever know) Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone