for your sympathy
I am forever grateful
and all you've done for me
so much more than I deserve
still I feel that I am a disappointment to you
born into your hands
living only for your pleasure
and I carry the weight of my shame
square on my shoulders
and this guilty little boy
is hanging his head
I need a better reason to pretend
that I am content
then I'll show you that I know who is to blame
recoil in shame
and throw myself down
bleeding at your feet
where's your forgiveness
have you no mercy left for me
if I live to see the day when I can say
I might die happy
you can write it on my grave that she made
life worth while
I never saw two lovers looking so lovely
I never knew another man as blessed as I
love makes me do crazy things
deny god to his face if it brings you to me
love makes me do crazy things
disregard my own heart if it brings you heaven
one by one by one
I count my mistakes
and one by one by one
I wish them away
The Oakland singer's latest album imagines the power struggle between man and nature as a slow, steady tempest of dark folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2019