When you told me you were pregnant I was on the verge of passing out I was high on pills and coke And other stuff I shouldn’t be writing about
So then you started packing You were leaving for good this time And though my eyes were closed I knew half the **** you took was mine
I could have told you that I loved you Found some words to make you stay But the drugs had silenced my tongue And soon after that everything went gray
I dreamt I was on an island A paradise surrounded by the sea Finally I had found the peace within While hidden from the rest of humanity
Suddenly I saw a parade of beautiful women Best described by what they didn’t wear And because it was my fantasy I was surprised to see you were there
I awoke during the night At first I thought that I was blind Then I realized you stole my lamps You only left the stuff you couldn’t carry behind
I had to stumble around in the dark Searching through my apartment for a fix But you had flushed my stash down the toilet You could never resist being a *****
I finally found enough to get me by Then played hide and seek with my veins I shot up but was immediately brought down Because all I could think of were baby names
I remembered the hopes I had as a boy Versus the man I eventually became My child would accomplish very little If he was forced to share my last name
Why did you think I’d want to be a father? Did you think it would matter or that I’d care? Your announcement failed to shock me I’m always too detached and self-aware
Were you ****** up when you chose me? Never sober enough to leave? Did you think you could change me? You’re too strung out and too naive
Forever fooled by an addiction That brings you to your knees Now fated to give birth to a baby That will share its mother’s disease