John Reuben - Age of Our Fathers lyrics
[John Reuben - Age of Our Fathers lyrics]
Dad’s a futurist, Mom’s nostalgic
Both seem like distractions to
Avoid what’s happening
Remember the moment personalities split
Heard her banging on the walls
Doing her best to forget
And the mind is a terrible thing to waste
Sometimes you gotta escape blind
Faith or medicate
Can't get high enough to free
Us up from making mistakes
Can’t get high enough to fully dissociate
Slowly reality starts settling in
Parents turned to religion Holy
Spirit’s the prescription
The neighbors found other coping mechanisms
The older we get the stronger the medicine
Wipe the grit off your
Teeth cause reality bites
Blowing sunshine that’s a hell of a disguise
To deal with their lives
They found Jesus Christ
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Salvation packaged nice and neat glistening
Underneath it gets disgusting and filthy
Brainwashed and deceived on your
Knees nobody leaves
Till your tongues speak and there’s
A fire in the breeze
We were the freaks the geeks
And the least of these
Emotions run high but the foundation is weak
Nobody questions what they believe
Faith for me never came that easy
Value systems structured hinging on comfort
When it all comes crashing down
Collapsed under the pressure
Faith was idealistic instead of committed
Convictions were convenient so what
Are we left with
A refrigerator littered with
Magnets and pictures
Religious reminders quotes and scriptures
Disillusioned by your parent’s narratives
Asking why is the cover always
Better than it's content
Raised to run and hide from your own humanity
Grew up too quick regret the
Life you didn’t live
A new day’s coming patience wait for it
Put that on my family’s future I paid for it
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Heavy handed beat into submission
Pass it down to your children’s children
Well you can’t force somebody to
Be something they don’t want
Our choices are reward or consequence enough
And you could take on religion
But that’s an unfair competition
The devil is a legalist
Careful of your commitments
Want to get away make sure
The bonds are completely cut
But tough love somehow it seems
We become what we judge
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Both seem like distractions to
Avoid what’s happening
Remember the moment personalities split
Heard her banging on the walls
Doing her best to forget
And the mind is a terrible thing to waste
Sometimes you gotta escape blind
Faith or medicate
Can't get high enough to free
Us up from making mistakes
Can’t get high enough to fully dissociate
Slowly reality starts settling in
Parents turned to religion Holy
Spirit’s the prescription
The neighbors found other coping mechanisms
The older we get the stronger the medicine
Wipe the grit off your
Teeth cause reality bites
Blowing sunshine that’s a hell of a disguise
To deal with their lives
They found Jesus Christ
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Salvation packaged nice and neat glistening
Underneath it gets disgusting and filthy
Brainwashed and deceived on your
Knees nobody leaves
Till your tongues speak and there’s
A fire in the breeze
We were the freaks the geeks
And the least of these
Emotions run high but the foundation is weak
Nobody questions what they believe
Faith for me never came that easy
Value systems structured hinging on comfort
When it all comes crashing down
Collapsed under the pressure
Faith was idealistic instead of committed
Convictions were convenient so what
Are we left with
A refrigerator littered with
Magnets and pictures
Religious reminders quotes and scriptures
Disillusioned by your parent’s narratives
Asking why is the cover always
Better than it's content
Raised to run and hide from your own humanity
Grew up too quick regret the
Life you didn’t live
A new day’s coming patience wait for it
Put that on my family’s future I paid for it
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
Heavy handed beat into submission
Pass it down to your children’s children
Well you can’t force somebody to
Be something they don’t want
Our choices are reward or consequence enough
And you could take on religion
But that’s an unfair competition
The devil is a legalist
Careful of your commitments
Want to get away make sure
The bonds are completely cut
But tough love somehow it seems
We become what we judge
Age of our fathers from sons to peers
Responsible for what we inherit
Still something tucked away deep inside
Afraid of what it is I’ll find
Not just mine now I think
About my daughter’s life
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right
You could get it perfect but
It still wouldn’t be right