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Imperative

from Dialects by Les Doux

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Son you've got to come back
Come back to life again
Son you've got to come back
Back to your family

Be that son of mine
I never taught you to beg
To throw your lot with the dead
And To drown out all your pride
I kept you close to me
To keep you safe from pain
You drew away from me
To sink your teeth in shame
Child you want to be a spirit set free
Abandon the love of your family
My flesh is your flesh
And my bone is your bone

You put this distance between us
And you abandoned your home
You must remember
Don't ever forget
A fathers love
will last you through death

You are everything that I could never be
What made you pack your bags
And just decide to leave

Sell your fathers bones just to fill your gut
Sell your fathers bones just to feel your gut
Sell your fathers bones ground them down to dust
Sell your fathers bones to feed your wander lust

But this my son was dead
But he is home and has come to life again
Come to life again

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from Dialects, track released December 21, 2011

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