15 ContributorsLady Gay Approximately Lyrics

[Verse 1: Chanticleer]

Former dove comes back to the house

With blood on its wings and a bone in its mouth

He was on drugs or something

[Verse 2: Chanticleer]

Mother asks about his health

And doesn't know which of them needs the most help

Call the cops or something

[Chorus: Chanticleer]

Everything stands on communication

If you can't talk then there's no escaping

Even if you could talk, no escaping this

If it's a breakdown, then why won't it break?

Why won't it break?

[Verse 3: Chanticleer]

And they both tremble silently

And wait, and wait, and finally he finds something

Some words

[Verse 4: Malory]

I heard what you said when I turned my back

How could it possibly still hurt?

This is where we've been at

Since thе fourth grade choir recital

[Verse 5: Malory]

I picked my battlеs just like you said

Some days I decide I would rather be dead

It's the dead one you get

It's the dead one you get

Keep the rest for myself

[Verse 6: Lady Gay]

Still I could not let you go

Before you knew the way back home

Something happened to me before you were born

[Verse 7: Lady Gay]

You appeared in a spark of light

Saying "I am the one who wants this life

If you'll have me, I will come"

[Verse 8: Lady Gay]

I'd prayed to God to give me this grace

A place for this pain, a smiling face

That could feel this with me

[Verse 9: Lady Gay]

And you came in a coat of many colors

The shine of your feathers was like no other

Please wear it again, we swear we won't hurt you

We swear we won't hurt you this time

[Verse 10: Lady Gay]

And you're telling me not to say the name

But also you're looking into my eyes and asking "Am I dead?"

No, you're my son

[Outro: Lady Gay]

"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am I dead?" (Am I dead?)

No, you're my son (You're my son)

"Am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am, am I dead?" (Am I dead?)

No, you're my son (You're my son)