Matters Of Blood And Connection Lyrics - Shade Of Poison Trees - Dashboard Confessional

Why do you speak with that accent now? 

Everyone knows you're not from the streets. 

You went to prep school in Cambridge, 

With daughters and sons of the privileged elite. 

Their fortunes from shipping and industry, 

Their futures in yacht clubs and tails. 

So why do you speak with that accent now? 

Everyone knows you're moonlighting here. 

To avail yourself of your heritage, 

For a season or two in the sun. 

Draw well from the funds in the trust, 

Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons, 

For us it's a matter of charging the gates 

For you it's a matter of blood and connections 

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Of blood and connections. 

So who do you fool with that costume now? 

Everyone knows you're not who you seem 

You've got a hard way about you 

For someone whose passage is already paid 

By the sins and the schemes of your father 

And the infinite reach of his arm 

Draw well from the funds in the trust, 

Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons, 

For us it's a matter of charging the gates 

For you it's a matter of blood 

Drink well from your bottomless cup 

And bask in your good fortune 

For us it's a matter of charging the gates 

For you it's a matter of blood and connections 

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So where will you be when you tire of the fun 

The escape, the charade, and your time in the slums 

I know everyone does their own reinvention 

But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow 

And what will you tell of your tenure with us? 

Will you build yourself up, like the size of your hut? 

If they're anything like what you've been telling us, 

Those stories will make true believers 

Of the chumps and the fools. 

So why do you speak with that accent now? 

Everyone knows you're not from the streets.