Family Tree - Ian Erix

Anybody who’s worth your tears won’t make you cry

These are words to live by

But from the moment that we arrive, we roll the dice

For some the well it runs dry

Here everybody keeps the cat in the bag, the faces zipped

In polite discretion

A still tongue keeps a wise head?

For appearances sake we keep it perfectly fake

And they say that blood is thicker than water

Then they take you straight to the slaughter

White picket fences from the outside looking in

They seem oh so genuine

But it’s a dollhouse

It’s a house of cards

I’m climbing down this family tree

Falling apples are too much for me

It’s a dollhouse

It’s a house of cards

Anybody who’s worth your tears won’t make you cry

These are words to swallow

A hypocritical statement made, a lifelong charade

That we’re supposed to follow

Here everybody keeps their food in the kitchen, whitewashes it

In senseless prevention

A still tongue keeps a wise head?

For appearances sake we keep it perfectly fake

And they say that blood is thicker than water

Then they take you straight to the slaughter

White picket fences from the outside looking in

They seem oh so genuine

But it’s a dollhouse

It’s a house of cards

I’m climbing down this family tree

Falling apples are too much for me

It’s a dollhouse

It’s a house of cards

If it’s a dollhouse

If it’s a house of cards

Was every smile just a big façade?

If it’s a dollhouse

If it’s a house of cards

(Anybody who’s worth your tears won’t

make you cry, these are words to live by)