Jamie, I cannot take your side
I was just a baby, how could I decide
You made me this holy leader of the band
You made me some sinner, like only you can

You found me when I was fifteen
Save your breath
The song lasts only as long as a lie

Old man, I cannot take your side
Sometimes, I get angry, and it swells like a tide
I have been the eyelash washing up on the sand
I have known abandon, let me know some kind of land

I wish you had listened to my mother in the driveway
When she threatened to arrest you
And to leave and not come back
And I cannot forgive you
For the way you took my childhood
Like a beetle that you crushed between your hands
I was just a baby, Jamie

You found me when I was fifteen
Save your breath
The song lasts only as long as a lie

Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn't work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn't work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult
Have I learned it doesn't work
To burn yourself to keep others warm
Only as an adult (you found me)
Have I learned it doesn't work (when I was fifteen)
To burn yourself to keep others warm (save your breath)
(The song lasts only as long as a lie)

Jamie, I cannot take your side