His mama 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

It helped the truth come back in 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'll 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 we don't save him, who is 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

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

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

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