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Deathbed (Live at The Ritz, Raleigh, NC - 10/29/16)
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Relient K
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Um, do you guys care if we play one more song? Good 'Cause I, I tend to ask that question What's it called, rhetorically? Yeah, but you never know What if, what if everybody at once was just like "Don't play a last song"? Like, yeah, I mean how would you guys even say that all at once I don't know how to It's a good thing, yeah Alright Luckily, luckily they're not that organized, yeah I don't know, they're pretty organized, they're singing Now you get it Alright this is it, guys We love you very much, thank you The year was 1941 I was eight years old and far, far too young To know that the stories of battles and glory Was a tale a kind mother made up for her son You see, dad was a traveling preacher Teachin' the words of the Teacher But mother had sworn he went off to the war And died there with honor Somewhere on a beach there But he left once to never return And that taught me that I should unlearn Whatever I thought a father should be I abandoned that thought like he abandoned me By '47, I was fourteen I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine Yeah, I smoked until I threw up Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years Like a machine So right there you have it That one filthy habit Well, that's what got me where I am today I can smell the death on the sheets covering me I can't believe this is the end I can hear those sad memories still haunting me So many things I'd do again But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone If I close my eyes tonight, I know I'll be home Got married on my twenty-first Eight months before my wife would give birth It's easier to be sure you love someone When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun The union was far from harmonious No two people could have been more alone than us The years would go by and she'd love someone else And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself From there it's your typical spiel Yeah, if life was a highway, I was drunk at the wheel I was helping the loose ends all fall apart Yeah, I swear I was destined to fail, and fail from the start I bowled about six times a week The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me Our marriage had taken a seven-ten split And along with my pride, the ex-wife took the kids I can smell the death on the sheets covering me I can't believe this is the end I can hear those sad memories still haunting me So many things I'd do again But this is my deathbed, I lie here alone If I close my eyes tonight, I know I'll be home I was so scared of Jesus, but He sought me out Like the cancer in my lungs that's killing me now I've given up hope on the life I have left But I cling to the hope of my life in the next Then Jesus showed up, said, "Before we go up I thought that we might reminisce See, one night in your life when you turned out the lights You asked for and prayed for My forgiveness" You "cried wolf" The tears, they soaked your fur The blood dripped from your fangs You said, "What have I done?" You loved that Lamb With every sinful bone And there you wept alone Your heart was so contrite And you said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes Sanctify this withered heart of mine Stay with me until my life is through And on that day, please take me home with You" I can smell the death on the sheets covering me I can't believe this is the end I can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave You'll never be lonely again" But this was my deathbed, I died there alone When I closed my eyes tonight, You carried me home Da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Oh-oh-oh Da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Yeah Da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Oh-oh-oh Da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da I am the Way Follow Me and take My hand And I am the Truth Embrace Me and you'll understand And I am the Life And through Me, you'll live again For I am Love I am Love I, I am Love Thank you guys so much! Jon Foreman!
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