Wasted Breath Lyrics

What does it say

That I only speak of you

In the past tense

What could I say to you

That wouldn't just be

Wasted breath

You communicate through music

But you never really listen

So what's the difference

Between another song

And all the words left unsaid

I wish you the best

But I won't hold my breath

Sometimes I forget

You're still out there

Just making ends meet

Feeling more sorry for yourself

Than you've ever been to me

But I can't get blood from a stone

By throwing coins in a well

So I just leave it alone

With all of those

Stories that you tell

I wish you the best

But I won't hold my breath

I hope you're relieved

The apple fell far from the tree

Don't call me up

Just to say nothing

The day I was born

Had a noose 'round my neck

You feared for my life then

Now each year you forget

But the elephant in the room

He remembers everything

Like when I sent you to bed on my birthday

Eyes bloodshot

Lips babbling

I felt the weight

Of generational pain

And so with that

I vowed to break the chain

Til the rot from the roots

Has been purged from this tree

And all the pain that he caused you

It ends with me

It ends with me

Oh, it ends with me

It ends with me

I hope you're relieved

The apple fell far from the tree

Don't call me up

Just to say nothing

Say nothing

Say nothing

Say nothing

Say nothing

Say nothing

The saddest funeral

Was the one that never happened

No sermon, tears or rituals

Just fire and a casket

All we're left with now

Is the shadow of a man

A catalyst for so much

Yet forgotten in the end

It doesn't have to end the same for you

It's in your hands

I've tried to find forgiveness

But I don't know if I can

I don't know if I can

I don't know if I can