Styrofoam Plates-Death Cab For Cutie

[ti:Styrofoam Plates] [ar:Death Cab For Cutie] [al:The Photo Album] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]There's a saltwater film [00:03.03]On the jar of your ashes [00:05.72]I threw them to sea [00:08.40]But a gust blew them backwards [00:10.90]And the sting in my eyes [00:14.65]Which you then inflicted [00:15.96]Was par for the course [00:17.90]Just as when you were living [00:21.15]It's no stretch to say [00:23.40]You were not quite a father [00:25.97]But a donor of seeds [00:28.59]To a poor single mother [00:30.97]That would raise us alone [00:34.18]We never saw the money [00:35.79]That went down your throat [00:37.93]Through the hole in your belly [00:42.43] [01:01.84]Thirteen years old [01:03.10]In the suburbs of Denver [01:05.48]Standing in line [01:10.10]For Thanksgiving dinner [01:11.03]At the Catholic church [01:12.29]The servers wore crosses [01:16.04]To shield from the sufferance [01:18.41]Plaguing the others [01:22.17]Styrofoam plates cafeteria tables [01:24.60]Charity reeks of cheap wine and pity [01:29.41]And I'm thinking of you [01:35.22]I do every year [01:40.54]When we count all our blessings [01:42.42]And wonder what we're doing here [01:56.70] [03:34.14]You're a disgrace [03:34.76]To the concept of family [03:35.63]The priest won't divulge [03:36.57]That fact in his homily [03:38.56]And I'll stand up and scream [03:39.63]If the mourning remain quiet [03:40.57]You can deck out a lie [03:43.38]In a suit but I won't buy it [03:45.75]I won't join in the procession [03:48.19]That's speaking their peace [03:50.38]Using five-dollar words [03:51.82]While praising his integrity [03:56.15]And just 'cause he's gone [03:57.96]It doesn't change the fact [04:00.33]He was a bastard in life [04:02.96]Thus a bastard in death