Sage Francis, Sole, Sixtoo - Testimony lyrics

It's not size, or force, form, or technique
I battle you for custody la, la, la
It's not size, or force, form, or technique
I battle you for custody la, la, la

The weak link is quivering
Determining the chain's strength
Wimpering, vibrating! the wave length of it's
Stress signals are more or
Less symbols it just trembles
Knowing it'll take the weight when
The chain breaks and disassembles
See, mr wendell? he knew nothing
Of this daily struggle
Sit under the disfunctional family tree
And prepare for trouble
Could barely hear the mumbles
Beneath the ear-piercing rumbles
Sharp tongues slashing mouths while lashing
Out with verbal belt buckles
Friends crumble under similar
Circumstances within
Their own chain of events
From sloppy knots in family ties
The pain is intense
The tension is thick two sided
Arguments are upsetting to him
Stretching the link
Testing it's endurance and spreading it thin
Trembling, holding onto what's "familia"
In the italian sense
I'm reading intense drafts of sylvia plath
Before breaking off into an unfamilliar path
Faking coughs, divert the hurt by trying to
Act silly and laugh
Making light of situations when i
Sense a panic attack
I'm a fully licensed self-defense machanic
And my toolbelt is black

She probably thinks i'm dead
She's probably dead
When he left she said i was so strong
But i know she's wrong
I need back support, my knees fold
Please hold your end of the
Bargain when i leave home
Please hold the keystone

How far will he travel?
The essential interpretation watching
The sequential falling of the dominos
Which one will stay erect? a microcosm
Where every effort is just that
It's just maps, papercuts
And the photos to prove the strength
He followed the family
Alone as the next member
California dreaming of moving out
There in september i sit in admiration
Knowing that the weakest link
Is also the one that holds
The pillars on the brink
Of collapse relapse is the
Replay of emotional disarray
Sustaining the stains of teardrops
On his t-shirt
Sometimes, taking for yourself is
Harder than giving
Those who want to give up
Living in the circumstance
Dance around the issues of
Dealing with the problem
Drudging through the uncomfortable
Streets of dispairity
All's fair in love and clarity
And also ignorance
Chains don't always hold the fingerprints

Their hearts pump pure
And then sweaty palms tellin' lies
So blame it on a drug-addict, brother
And the cover-up
One can't help become center of attention
When everything is helpless, be realistic
Ever since the goldfish died
Daughter can't see past the make-up
Stapling, "please become a
Savior to everything" photo album catalog
Better order new hand holders
Follow the odor to someone
Older and less experienced
The whole choir is off key
And forgets the words so ask later and get a
Free subscription to a diary
Not even worth reading
There was a time like this when mother's
Tears turned lakes and grew tree gardens
Now overgrown, with homemade grapes
But at least she can keep
The whole family together