Real Men

Daddy's got work today
It isn't fair
While he strives for dignity
Wait at the foot of the stairs

Set your examples
Concealed by pride
Control your family so you can look them in the eye

All men are soldiers
Beneath the lies
And when the yearning calls, tear into their cries
And when the curtain falls, know your name will thrive

I didn't work today
I couldn't bare
Some life I falsified
Left at the foot of the stairs

I studied the lessons
I took up the cause
But I lacked a piece to become the man my father was

Stripped down to the bone by a world you repulse
Dragged onto the altar and ground into dust
All that's left to be passed down the line
A child that's too frail to survive

They sit at their tables and forget their names
Their skin turns to pulp as their lives slip away
Defined by your conquests when only dirt remains

I gave my carcass to your cause to spare the fight
I let the waves rush over my bones for your delight
The final breath you ever draw will yield to mine
The only truth I ever knew will pierce the night