The Last to Say

As far back as he cares to remember He used to see his old man lose the temper And mama's pretty face would catch it all On a regular basis the nest would fall But he was always safe from dad's rage 'Cause mama sacrifice in his place Two dozen years of the blood, sweet, tears Avoid the mirror, losing her hair from the fear She never left him, she stayed inside He beat her ass up until the day that he died In fact, the biggest beating was the day that he died 'Cause now it's too late for her to make a new life She gets to mourn for the touch of a punch Won't ever admit that she ain't clutching at much Someday she'll die, it still won't be done The anger lives on through their son 'Cause he saw, he caught it all A childhood of watching ma and pa get raw It's too bad for him, nah that's half the truth 'Cause you back with him now and he's smacking you What happened to you? You don't have a clue Did your mama use to suffer accidents too? I never knew that you would stand for abuse I guess I just assumed you'd pack up and move Think about when you left him last time Said out loud you'd never forgive his past crime Sunglasses so dark, scarf around the neck to cover the choke marks And since you got it just a fire returning You convinced yourself that he's just a hurt person You wanna blame that cross he bares But his pop's not there when he tosses you down stairs Let me be the last to say, please don't stay Let me be the last to say, you won't be okay Please put your shoes on and step into that warm leather Go get yourself a more better forever Gotta put it down, you gotta leave it And don't ever come back again You gotta mean it Just tear it all apart and build new 'Cause if you don't kill him he's gonna kill you You can't hold hands when they make fists And I ain't the first to say this But let me be the last to say, please don't stay Let me be the last to say, you won't be okay Let me be the last to say, please don't stay