His mother said stay away

Away from all the darkness, it'll haunt you

And everything we've ever prayed

Is the only thing that will ever save you

But it all started with that little taste

It helped keep him up later at night, helped the truth come back into sight

And when she left him it dulled the pain

He'd hide the marks under his socks, the doctor said he was in shock from what he'd seen

His mama said it's the last time

It's the last time we'll be here to save you

Because you've fucked this up again

And those kids aren't your friends, they use you up

And now he's standing in the rain

He should have probably hopped the train instead of drove

The sergeant's seen this thing before

Maybe some time behind locked doors will save this kid

No, but it don't save him, and who's to blame?

The truth just keeps him up at night, there was never much inside he liked

The guilty phantoms make him insane

He could clean up but why start now, after all, who knows how to start again?

If they don't save him, who's to blame?

If he don't save him, who's to blame?

If we don't save him, who's to blame?

His mother said stay away

Away from all the darkness, it'll haunt you

And everything we've ever prayed

Is the only thing that will ever save you

But it all started with that little taste

It helped keep him up later at night, helped the truth come back into sight

And when she left him it dulled the pain

He'd hide the marks under his socks, the doctor said he was in shock

If we don't save him, who's to blame?

The truth just keeps us up at night, why can't he see what's there to like?

Do guilty phantoms make us insane?

If we clean it up there's no way out, time will tell if he makes it out of this alive