Second Family Portrait lyrics

My life started slow in a town of idle minds

Our daydreams filled the space between our simple drama

And my mom was strange, but she'd always liked to sew

And all my clothes smelled like the room I was born in

My dad was calm, never used two words when one would do

And my brother's hands were mischief-bent

With no will to stop 'em

And on the whole we lived simply and day to day

Our fears were trivial, they always died with every sunset

When I was twelve my affliction came to light

And I was told that some things I heard

Were only there in my head

But I couldn't tell which were real and which were not

And the question loomed over all I did whether I could trust it

And I guess over time it became too much

And I was sent away at my mom's behest

Because she'd grown to fear me

Now I live up north in the house full of broken heads

And my father comes and visits me whenever he can afford it

Sometimes at night when the voices quiet down

I find a hope that I'm missed and that they haven't forgot me