Here's What It Takes

Here's what it takes to survive;
Saturday's fever means you're staying alive
Of course
An 8-ball of coke
You're angry and broke
My Mother misspoke by telling me the truth

Here's what it takes to believe
Drink down the Drano 'til the demons all leave
I won't go
I told you I don't want to know

Here's what it takes to regret
Wake up sleepwalking in your father's footsteps
The fridge door was open again
There's leftover blame
You're eating your shame and choking on the truth

Here's what it takes to be heard
And we rejoin us to discouraging words
I won't go
I told you I don't want to know

Oh whoa whoa
Oh whoa whoa
Oh whoa whoa
What we once kept hidden from our parents
Now we keep it hidden from our kids
No second chances ever in this life
Just another chance to make the same mistake twice

Here's what it takes to deny
Let's make a movie 'bout a hardworking guy
Who wastes time with family and friends
And likes to pretend
That when it all ends he is closer to the truth
And if the least you can do
You fail your parents like you think they failed you
And let go
I told you I don't want to know

Noooooooooooo

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(Here's what it takes to forget)
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(Here's what it takes from you yet)
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(Here's what it takes to believe)
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(Here's what it takes from you and me)
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