Some Rotten Man
Elegy of Regret: Some Rotten Man's Unspoken Apology
Lyrics
They stuck you in the dirt
They buried you in the ground
While i was still away
While I was absent
Nobody had the decency to tell
No one bothered to inform me
Me about it anyways
About it anyway
Well, I guess it's for the best
Perhaps it's preferable
They laid you down to rest
They laid you to rest
Without some wreck like me to ruin
Without someone like me to disrupt
Things and turn into a mess
Things and create chaos
I remember when we ran away and
I recall when we escaped, and
The car we stole broke down
The stolen car broke down
Along some dusty desert highway
On a deserted highway
With nobody else around
With no one else around
And so we hitched a ride to Reno
We hitchhiked to Reno
But the ring I got you wouldn't fit
The ring I gave you didn't fit
And the minister got drunk before we
The minister got drunk before we
Laughed 'til we got sick
Laughed until we felt nauseous
And of course
Undoubtedly
I know you could have done much better
I understand you deserved better
And I know that I must
I acknowledge that I must
Have been your bad habit
Have been your destructive habit
Some rotten man nobody's savior
A corrupted man, not anyone's savior
Your oldest friend
Your longtime companion
I haven't slept the same
My sleep pattern has changed
Since you've been gone
Since you departed
And when I do sleep, the nightmares come
Nightmares haunt me when I do sleep
This hell I live in hasn't been
This living nightmare isn't
The same without you here
The same without you
Our daughter still won't speak to me
Our daughter avoids talking to me
My letters aren't returned at all
My letters go unanswered
I can't believe the mess I've made of things
I can't believe the mess I've created
And of course
Certainly
I know you could have done much better
I recognize you deserved better
And I know that I must have
I admit I must have
Been a real fucking nightmare
Been a true nightmare
Some rotten man nobody's savior
A corrupted man, not anyone's savior
Your oldest friend
Your longtime companion
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