Late at night you open the door 

Your old man's drunk and madder then hell 

Another violent conflict, you never asked for this 

The place that you call home is now a cell 

He's punching out your mother, and now he turns on you 

This always seems to happen every night 

You're heading for the kitchen, you grab a butcher knife 

This time you know you're gonna have to fight 

You warn him that you've had enough 

This time he's gonna get what he deserves 

He charges. you knife him 

You wasted him before you lost your nerve 

Parricide 

You stabbed him twenty times. It only seemed like once 

Your family's in a state of shock 

The bastard lies there lifeless, your mother starts to scream 

You know you're gonna have to call the cops 

You warned him, that you'd had enough 

This time he had to get whet he deserved 

He charged you, you knifed him 

You wasted him before you lost your nerve 

Parricide 

The cops are knocking on your door. the neighbours crowd outside 

An ambulance is wailing In the night 

They put the cuffs on, read your rights and lock you in their car 

They question you about the violent fight 

Neighbours start to glare at you, the ambulance arrives 

They bring the bloody carcass out in sheets 

You had to kill In self-defense you didn't have a choice 

You had to carve him like a piece of meat 

Seventeen days later, you're sitting in the court 

They set you free they knew they should acquit 

In spite of how you killed him, your self-defense was just 

The punishment you dealt him seemed to fit 

Parricide Justified