A Damn Shame - Bastard Sons Lyrics

I feel their eyes pierce through me
Like rusty barb wire
How the hell can you even see me
From atop your ivory tower
Although we share the same family tree
Your branch bears rotten fruit
Tell me how do the roses smell
That we've left you

I had seen something
I don't know what it was
I had seen something and that's all I know
We know they use the river and creeks, byways and freeway to find vegetation they can eat
All this, all this was laying before me, and I know right to this day they're out there waiting for us
Creatures of the forest

I feel their eyes pierce through me
Like rusty barb wire
How the hell can you even see me
From atop your ivory tower
Although we share the same family tree
Your branch bears rotten fruit
Tell me how do the roses smell
That we've left you

Although I've heard and it sits there waiting for me
I don't remember hearing it anytime soon
Without notice it was behind me
Some voice of reason telling me to go into its embracing arms
To immediately bring me back to the moment of pitch blackness
Where everything faded and became one

We've been backed in this corner too long
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons
We always knew there was no way out
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons
To find you motionless on the floor
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons

So tell me what was it like
To watch them die from the inside out
So tell me what was it like
To watch them live from the inside out

We've been backed in this corner too long
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons
We always knew there was no way out
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons
To find you motionless on the floor
We are the ones
Discarded bastard sons