Atmosphere - The Last To Say (Official Video) — Transcript

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1. 0:12As far back as he cares to remember, He used to see his old man lose the temper.
2. 0:18And Mama's pretty face'd catch it all. On a regular basis the nest would fall.
3. 0:23But he was always safe from dad's rage 'Cause mama's sacrifice in his place.
4. 0:28Two dozen years, Of the blood sweet and tears. Avoid the mirror, losin' her hair from the fear.
5. 0:34She never left him, stayed inside.
6. 0:37He beat her ass up until the day that he died. In fact the biggest beating was the day that he died.
7. 0:43Cause now it's too late for her to make a
8. 0:45new life. She gets to mourn for the touch of a punch.
9. 0:49Won't ever admit that she ain't clutching it much.
10. 0:52Someday she'll die and still won't be done. The anger lives on through their son.
11. 0:57Cause he saw, he caught it all, A childhood of watchin' ma and pa get raw.
12. 1:03It's too bad for him; Naw' that's half the truth.
13. 1:06Cause you back with him now and he's smackin' you.
14. 1:09What happened to you? You don't have a clue. Did your mamma use to suffer accidents too?
15. 1:14I never knew that you would stand for abuse. I guess I just assumed that you would pack
16. 1:20up and move. Think about when you left him, Last time,
17. 1:23You said out loud, You'd never forgive past crime.
18. 1:27Sunglasses so dark, scarf around the neck to cover the choke marks.
19. 1:32And since you got it justify returnin', You convinced yourself that he's just a hurt person.
20. 1:37You wanna blame that cross he bares,
21. 1:41But his pop's not there when he tosses you down stairs.
22. 2:07Let me be the last to say, please don't stay. Let me be the last to say, you won't be okay.
23. 2:30Please put your shoes on and step into that warm weather.
24. 2:33Go get yourself a more better forever. Gotta put it down, you gotta leave it,
25. 2:38And don't ever come back again; You gotta mean it.
26. 2:42Just tear it all apart and build new, Cause' if you don't kill him he's gonna kill you.
27. 2:47You can't hold hands when they make fists,
28. 2:50And I ain't the first to say this but,
29. 2:53Let me be the last to say, please don't stay. Let me be the last to say, you won't be okay.
30. 3:40Let me be the last to say, please don't stay.