“Inkpot Gods”

Per Papá & für A***:

“

Oh, what? These, these aren’t tears

It’s just the rain that wasn’t brave enough to fall

And what they hear isn’t laughter, after all

It’s just your voice learning for once to stand up tall

And when the rain came down

I made a vow out to the dark

“Please, let her live just one more day

Cause she is so much more than all her scars

And if she doesn’t have the will

But it seems the whole world does, I’ll stay, because

I will be the man my father never was”

And what you hear is not silence

It’s just the trees waiting to hear what next you’ll hum

And what you see is not the dark

It’s just the gods upturning ink pots ’cause they know what you’ll become

And to those gods, I will speak bluntly

“We’ve an accord, if you ever touch or harm him

Please, rest assured that you might not fear a man

But to a woman, by the end, you’ll kneel and plea

‘Cause I’m more than what my mum told me to be”

And I can hear her sing

And I know she’s giving up

And I don’t know what to do, how to help her

How to bring her home

And I can hear him break

And he doesn’t understand

And I wish that I could take his hand

But where I’m going is for me and me alone

And I can hear her sing

“If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along”

“If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along”

“If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along”

“If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along” (loved you all along)

If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along

If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along

If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along

If I don’t make it back from where I’ve gone

Just know I loved you all along

“

[“Inkpot Gods” by The Amazing Devil]