Pearl Jam - My Father's Son lyrics

I come from a genius and I am my father’s son
Yeah, too bad he was a psychopath and
Now I’m the next in line
Then there's dear mother
Yeah surely she’s a work of art
Never got top dollar
But she gave us all our start

Can I get a reprieve?
This gene pool drowning me
Can I beg a release?
I'm a volunteer amputee?
From the moment I fail i call on DNA
Why such betrayal got me tooth and nail
Yeah, how’s about one
Conversation with nothing
Else left to be had
With this your young long lost son
And his never had dear old dad
I forget the insemination and for that
I’m s’posed to be glad?
What a pity you left us so soon
To climb your mountain of regret

Can I get a reprieve?
This gene pool dark and deep
Can I beg a release?
Can I volunteer amputee?
From the moment I fell i called on DNA
Why such betrayal? Oh, I gotta set sail

All real bright light shining as you’re
Trying to breathe in thin air
Cannot forget you’re hiding collected
Wounds left unhealed
When every thought you’re thinking sinks you
Darker than the new moon sky
The far away lights rising in
The whites of your eyes

Now father you’re dead and gone and
I’m finally free to be me
Thanks for all your fucked-up gifts for
Which I’ve got no sympathy
I’m living in a war torn
Place, hear the bombs, a 5th symphony
Thanks for this and thanks for that
I gotta let go legacy

Can I get a reprieve?
This gene pool drowning me
Can I beg a release?
Can I volunteer amputee?
From the moment I fell i called on DNA
Why such betrayal oh, I gotta set sail