Aralia Spinosa - Tango Alpha Tango

There was a time when I thought like a child

We judged little and we stopped at survival

That’s all we needed to crack the code of mama’s bible

But daddy’s book was stained and stung like the barrel of a rifle

Which left my ears ringin' nails bitten to the quick

So I shed my sheath of skin against a devil’s walkin stick

I wanna trust you baby like I wanna read your lips

But like the cream in my coffee always rises when it’s thick

They say that the Lord works in mysterious ways

He’s not the only one so a pregnant worry weighs

In on a conversation about your younger days

But the glass half-empty seems to pay better these days

I met seven angels I wrote seven songs of praise

And as my reign had ended only one remained

The one replete with reasons for the roofbeams to be raised

But I can’t tell no lie with a plank in my eye

And ice-water in my veins

Don’t tread on me

Don’t tread on you

Don’t tread on me

Don’t tread on you

Don’t tread on me

Don’t tread on you