I asked you to be a symbol of strength that was once given yet you mocked me
 Oh the mockery
 And I placed so much confidence in the lessons I swear you taught me yet you mock me
 Oh the mockery
 And you taunt me about glory days
 You say my best it yet behind me
 You just bring up old stuff, our relationship is so unhealthy
 So codependent,
 You cut me...down
 You blame me, I blame me
 But I'm a man and I won't crack
 And I won't show emotions, right
 I do just like my daddy did and he is dead
 I bury you.
 I built me a mausoleum with a storage unit attached to it Just for you
 And I have grown so very weary at failing to make you stay there
 I hate it when you show up at my functions
 You're so pompous
 And without an ounce of shame
 You almost ruined my marriage, You mocked me
 Oh the humanity
 And I tired to upgrade the way I speak
 And raise my daughter,
 But every time I open my mouth all I hear is my father
 And the same foolish pride and pitfalls that he installed Leaked through my pores like
 Poor me, so annoying
 And I placed so much faith in you
 But you let me down...
 I see my own eyes in my eight year old when I correct her
 Why won't you go away?
 You smirk as you chase me
 You a coy, hellin a troy that toys with emotions
 And feeble
 Bring boys, like me fall for it every time you mock me
 And I'll probably do my best to convince you that I'm the victim
 And you just don't believe me
 You insist you are me
 And I've ran, and I've ran
 Yet your stride is identical
 Every step I took your foot fit right in it
 Why can't i shake you?
 I just can't shake you.
 You...are my past
 Why won't you stay there
 You that pain that guides us
 Strings that tie us
 That coincidence that proves to us God's existence
 The joy I misplaced
 Beautiful mistakes
 My scarlet thread,
 My crimson cord