"Father" lyrics

Father, I knew it was you
When the lights came on
Father, I was innocent
When you left me all alone
When you left me on my own

You can't close your eyes
And just wish me away
You can't run and hide
'Cause it won't change a thing
You're the fucking coward
Who abandoned your child
You can't erase me, oh

If you weren't ready to love me, oh
If you weren't ready
Then you shouldn't go there
And you can't fuck around
And act like you don't know
You're responsible
You're a monster

Father, I knew it was you
When the lights came on
Father, I was innocent
When you left me all alone

I didn't know what to do with you
I admit I failed you
I failed my machine
There. Does that soothe
Your sense of moral outrage?
Besides, I was half-dead myself
Delirious with brain fever
And I, I was proud of my accomplishment

Yeah, you can't close your eyes
And just wish me away
You can't run and hide
'Cause that won't change a thing
You're the fucking coward
Who abandoned your child
You can't erase me, oh

If you weren't ready to love me, oh
If you weren't ready, oh
You know better than to go there
You can't fuck around
And act like you don't know
You're responsible
You're a monster

Father, I knew it was you
When the lights came on