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Bastards (Album Version) Lyrics by Cordova

If Only I Could Focus

2013

So he sits and holds conversations with the devil
They talk about the world and about his potential
When he was young he had all sorts of dreams
But he didn't grow into the man he was expected to be
They were crushed by the sickness of the world
But that all changed when he had a beautiful girl
He failed his mother but exceeded his father
He tells himself he will be the father he never had
He'll be around for his daughter to call him dad
And give her the things he never had
But he can't shake the devil from his back
I never had a dad to say he was proud of me
Just a bunch of old men who fucking doubted me
I keep telling myself i can do this on my own
The world is so full but i feel so alone
You once told me you were gonna show me the way
But if that was the case then why didn't you stay
You decided to come back to me when i was seventeen
And i wasn't the man you wanted me to be
You laughed at me and asked for my money
My feelings didn't matter to you i was dead already
He tells himself he will be the father he never had
He'll be around for his daughter to call him dad
And give her the things he never had
But he can't shake the devil from his back
I never had a dad to say he was proud of me
Just a bunch of old men who fucking doubted me
I keep telling myself i can do this on my own
The world is so full but i feel so alone
Hold your tongue for me
Because i'm not even listening to the words you're speaking
Hold your tongue for me
Because i'm not even listening to the words you're speaking
Hold your tongue for me
I said hold your tongue for me
Hold your tongue for me
I said hold your tongue for me
He tells himself he will be the father he never had
He'll be around for his daughter to call him dad
And give her the things he never had
But he can't shake the devil from his back
I never had a dad to say he was proud of me
Just a bunch of old men who fucking doubted me
I keep telling myself i can do this on my own
The world is so full but i feel so alone
Credits
Cordova

Cordova

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