Congratulations, it's a boy

Buried underneath the afterbirth of joy

Sticks and stones will always break

His bones can barely take the weight

Of your breath breathing down his neck again



Keep it to yourself

You don't need to ask

Everything was golden

Memories will last



Your family, your little girl

One little wonder with your back against the wall

Kisses at bedtime never meant

A life that came to represent

Failings that she could not forget again



Keep it to yourself

You don't need to ask

Everything was golden

Memories will last



She could not forget

Breathing down his neck

But she could not forget



The price you pay is never worth

The pain to suffer the abuse

Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts

Again, again, again, again



Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts

Again, again, again, again

Lay down and sleep with all the ghosts

Again, again, again, again