I'm so tired of your illusions
Rules, they never change
And my mind is so abusive from taking on the shapes
When it comes to your love, is it unconditional?
When it comes to my love, anything is fixable
And all this noise is so relentless
I need a second to breathe

[Chorus]
'Cause if boys will be boys, and we do the best that we can
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go

[Verse 2]
I'm no longer taking lessons from those that broke before
Now that I am done confessing the words have left me sore
When you feel the restless pain as it crawls out of your heart
And the thoughts of yesterday bring you to where you are
And all these voices that once controlled me
Can't contain me here

[Chorus]
'Cause if boys will be boys, and we do the best that we can
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go

[Bridge]
Tell me how it feels to win it
Has it gone according to your plan?
Do you wish that you'd forget it?
Or, or do you feel less like a human?
Oh, if boys don't cry, not a man am I
Not a day goes by that I've had to lie
Who I was before
Since I closed that door
And it's all white noise
That boys must be boys

[Chorus]
'Cause if boys will be boys, and we do the best that we can
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
Fathers watch them go
When mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go