Only Child Lyrics - Jet Plane And Oxbow - Shearwater

Your mother's milk 

Your father's anger 

The razor wire surrounding him 

And far below 

Their droning engines 

You lay in bed 

Blowing out stars 

The masters of 

Your lonely kingdom 

Pulled you along 

With red-rimmed eyes 

Through endless hours 

Of drill and harness 

Until you fell, surrendering 

But still they never laid the gun down, only child 

They sit like lions in a sunbeam, only child 

And never came down 

Remember all 

The roads descending 

To who you were, for blurred-out miles? 

You smolder now 

Coals and embers 

Under the frost of indolence 

I see you never lay the gun down, only child 

You live your life behind a window, only child 

And as you barrel down a bloodline, only child