[Verse 1: Hemlock Ernst]
(I remember)
Down on the bayou, more crickets than shacks in Sligo
Digging and brittle
Belittled myself with riddles
Kids laughing up in the streets giggle
Scatter pieces like skittles and mumbling
Since chubby kid with my nose running
Winter's coming, it's winter's year — let's get outta here
Fever blistered lip, that's my curse — marked eclipse
Now immersed in the trench of my room — that's my ditch
Talking to ghosts and mist that I used to play host
And for all the kitty cats that's followed me home
And I said
(You're the one)
You know I got a chip on my shoulder
I'm trying to unfasten myself
(You're the one)
And I never meant to hurt you and the truth of the matter:
I don't deserve you
(You're the one)
And it's karma I believe
That when I find the real thing, they fuckin' leave
(I remember)
And I deserve it
I fucked so many times, fucked up so many times
Got stuck so many times and ghost too many dimes
Sat coach, so many lines, my class bumped up to first
My class suffered the worst, low class, dignity first
Outcast — since I was birthed
Picked last — until I versed
They passed around the notebook
My pad, caused an outburst
But push - begat - the shove
As courage is filled with love
Malnourished, I sat above
And watched them fall in love

That was the beginning and the end

[Hook: Hemlock Ernst]
Mama said there'd be days like this
There'd be days like this, my mama said
Mama said there'd be days like this
There'd be days like this, my mama said
Mama said there'd be days like this
There'd be days like this, my mama said
Mama said there'd be days like this
There'd be days like this, my mama said

[Verse 2: Hemlock Ernst]
So I clutched on the bottle
Forgetting the ones I hollowed
Burnt bridges up in the shallow
Hurt friendships that could've followed
All because my need to wallow
This victim complex I swallowed
Since picking me up from soccer
To beaches in Monte Carlo
Speeches that never followed
To speak the feelings I've hidden
I'm empty, needing redemption
I'm plugging, seeking emission
But the only holes — need filling — were myself and my soul
And that knowledge left me devastated
The shit I perpetrated
All 'cause I's alone
And you can spit clown, talk your little shit
But it's time to put your dick down