Read Wiped In Blue Lyrics - Eyedea

I never knew my mom, once I was born she was dead 

She never wanted me. At least that's what my dad said 

He said she was polluted, ignorant, uncivilized 

And that was roughly the outline of what he beat into my head 

I grew up in a house with more rooms than I could count 

No siblings, just strangers always moving in and out 

My dad hated all our neighbors 

Had they stepped on his prophets they'd be finished 

'Cause getting his is what he was about 

Ever since his birth, he was a nuisance to humanity 

I wish he died instead of mom. Maybe then I'd love family 

But I'd smile at pops, concealing that feeling of, "I hate you." 

Each day he'd wear the same three colors, with the same suit 

And mother would come to me when I would close my eyes and sink 

To the thought of her beautiful voice, and the lullabies she'd sing 

'Til I was sound asleep. Then I'd awake and she'd be gone 

My whole life, my soul echoed her songs 

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side 

And intangible experience structures one leviathan 

From the Koran to leprechauns 

Since when did America fall in between Lebanon and Ireland? 

[chorus x 2] 

Mamma was a lullaby, Daddy was a melting pot 

Angel in my father's eyes, only 'cause it helps him rot 

Freedom screams through a sky, wounded by a culture shock 

Mamma was a lullaby, Daddy was a melting pot 

His philosophy was to be up, you gotta push someone down 

That was all I knew 'cause that was all I was around 

I found the flaws in his methods from the cause in myself 

Father Diablo: Only an uncle to every one else 

He taught me how to talk without looking in your eyes 

Gave me a nine to five, made me ignore the lullabies 

A puddle of the dried tears shade me colorless 

And categorize me as a baby failing to realize how far away his mother is 

Our relationship hovered with strength, even though it's invisible 

Hard to quit hearing her poetry. Piercing emotions leak 

With the notes she hits I float, defying gravitation 

The only mom I have is in my imagination. So it goes 

[chorus] 

One day daddy's gonna die, choking on the gun he bought 

And when that day comes I shall return to my mother 

And we'll walk hand in hand straight to heaven 

And when the clouds part, I'll tell her that I love her 

And she'll accept with an open heart. No question 

Unless dad was right, and she really was a monster 

Maybe her silhouette reflects the hell of his own childhood 

Maybe she's so insane, no one cared to help 

But if nothing else on this earth could mend her spirit, I bet my smile could 

The volumes of her songs decreased the older that I grew 

Daddy became my only influence of attitude 

Now I'm robotically imperialistic, and careless of people 

A trait inherited by my parent's omnipotent ego 

His symbol's the eagle, but his child isn't free 

You'll see no sign around my neck saying I'm proud to be me 

I'm not grown up, the concept of adulthood is dead 

He left scars on my back when my notebook was read 

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side 

And intangible experience structures one leviathan 

From the Koran to leprechauns 

Since when did America fall in between Lebanon and Ireland? 

[chorus] 

Daddy don't think that I forgot