Dad Told Me - Hello Saferide

There’s sadness in the family, dad told me

Let’s not speak of it it only brings us down

And there’s sadness in the DNA, I’ve known it

I’ve felt it in the pavement of this town

I’ve lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry

Heard its constant whine, saw its body that was never mine to bury

There’s trouble in the genes, dad told me

Don’t ask again best we don’t bring it up

Dad it seems you can clear away the smoke of fires you can’t find

I’ve lived my life with a longing that I can’t identify

I’ve been kept from, held from knowing

Daddy that’s why it keeps on growing

Well I found the dead animal the smell stems from

I found the story from which the shadow was cast

I searched and searched and now that I found it

I wanna give it back

I searched and searched and now that I found it

I wanna give it back

There’s trouble in the family, I tell you

I’m know and now that I do

Kid I’m passing it on to you

But let’s not speak of it, son

It only brings us down

But let’s not speak of it, son

It only brings us down