LYRICS
MANUMIT
The dichroism shot through the crystal,
Lacerated the room.
My mother closed her eyes as I opened mine,
I was born in a tomb.
So a hypocorism was given to me
When my father took me in his arms.
He said “Manumit, you set her free,
Now no one can do her harm.”
And we whittle away this world,
Sweep the dust out of our lives.
Then we search for what we’re missing,
Instead of holding what we find.
Time went by… I turned a teen,
My father’s eyes fell on me.
“Ruthful is the life that takes another,”
‘Murder’ is the term that I would remember.
He hung his head and apologized,
But who’s left now to wipe his eyes?
Ignorance is blind and I couldn’t see,
I was hurting my father the way he did me.
And we whittle away this world,
Sweep the dust out of our lives.
Then we search for what we’re missing,
Instead of holding what we find.
Lacerated the room.
My mother closed her eyes as I opened mine,
I was born in a tomb.
So a hypocorism was given to me
When my father took me in his arms.
He said “Manumit, you set her free,
Now no one can do her harm.”
And we whittle away this world,
Sweep the dust out of our lives.
Then we search for what we’re missing,
Instead of holding what we find.
Time went by… I turned a teen,
My father’s eyes fell on me.
“Ruthful is the life that takes another,”
‘Murder’ is the term that I would remember.
He hung his head and apologized,
But who’s left now to wipe his eyes?
Ignorance is blind and I couldn’t see,
I was hurting my father the way he did me.
And we whittle away this world,
Sweep the dust out of our lives.
Then we search for what we’re missing,
Instead of holding what we find.