Boys don’t cry but men smoke and curse
And drag carcasses back to their bedrooms
To fill their closets with skeletons
Maybe they’ll make our graves less lonely.
Man,
You’re not a man,
You’re not a man,
You’re not a real man
Pangs of guilt immediately follow
The stories that coalesce behind my teeth
Courting fate to start a blaze,
I’ll be the curse on your white lighter
If a boy becomes a man
The first time he drags
Razor across his face
Then you were the whetstone which sharpened the blade
And the hand that held it to my neck
I’ll be the curse on your white lighter
credits
from No Ashes In Our Autumn Bloom,
released June 21, 2016
Music by Karl John and Adrian Suljanovic
Lyrics by Karl John
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