Son, I'm sorry for this world
and all the awful things she'll do to you.
If you only knew what you'd endure
before you were born
I haven't got a single doubt
You would have not come out
And I would have known it was for the better.

You'll be raped of any evidence
of ever owning any innocence.
This culture's a vulture
and your prime candidate for prey.
I've learned that I will lose all that I've ever loved one day
But I never thought
I'd ever have
to watch it all go, or wish it all away
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I know you''ll grow
but I wish I knew you'd stay small
If I said so
Please just don't grow
Please just don't grow
Stay small
Wont you stay small
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Daddy's little girl met the world
I watched the devil do his work
If only she knew just how sorry I was for her.
I found not a single prayer
could save my daughter from despair
As long as she stayed in love with this place.

It's because I truly love her
that I wish to take back the sperm
that brought her here in the first place (The first place.)
Little did I know when the egg met the semen
that my new baby girl
Like her dad would dance with demons

We watch the devil do his work in us.
I watch the devil do his work.



Lyrics submitted by Bdon12

Track duration: 03:35


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    General Comment:I now see that this was Brendan speaking to his son who was in the womb, perhaps?
    I always hear stories about how parents fear for their children to come into the world, particularly through song and poetry.
    Flag drumnskate45on December 31, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This has probably already been said but I feel like the song is about someone who brought a child into the world and the realises it was for the wrong reasons, or that it was the wrong choice and the parent wishes they could turn back time so that their child doesn't have to grow up and experience the horrors of the world.
    Flag TrashyZombieWhoreon July 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I don't understand, why at the beginning of the song does he say "son", but later in the song use the word "girl"? Why the switch of genders?
    Flag paintballonaimon March 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think that the final lyrics are much better.

    the thing that makes the receiving end of sirens so captivating is their appropriate use of metaphors and language so that their lyrics do not become too cluttered or, on the flipside, too simple. the original line where the use "egg and sperm" feels so vile and uncharacteristic of the band. the new version keeps the meaning but gets rid of that disonance. in none of their songs is there that lack of the understanding of how to manipulate language into something beautiful, even when the straight up meaning is something that isn't as pretty.
    Flag thexauthoron January 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Brendan said:

    "The concept for the song is basically questioning the virtue of true love and whether or not that love would truly dictate bringing a child into such a world as this, or would it love them enough never to create them. This is another narrative portrayal of this family's life and a really personal song."
    Flag Revengaon August 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about being a parent (in this case a dad) and wanting the best for your kid even though thats not always what he or she gets. and how in this world bad things happen but you cant do anything about it, its just the way things work. it also talks about kind of regretting bring his son/daughter into this world when its such a sucky place to be
    i have only heard a clip of this song and it played live but i love it
    Flag yeee_sonon July 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I prefer the sperm version of this song. It sounds a lot more blunt and honest. Words don't create people, eggs and semen do. Sperm is what they need to take back. I think it adds to the blunt dread and sickness that is expressed by the song. The world is not a happy place and is it really ok to subject the people who you love most in this world (your children) to these conditions?
    Flag candykaoson June 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think what he's saying is that the world is full of evil, and he wouldn't want his daughter to eventually be stripped of innocence.
    Flag PianoPlayaon May 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:strange song me thinks
    Flag DanDoonon March 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It's because I truly love her
    that I wish I could take back the words
    that brought her here in the first place.
    Had I only known that one act would be the reason
    that my new baby girl
    like her dad would dance with demons.

    those are the updated lyrics from the demo. This song is amazing. I think it's what every person feels when they become a parent at some point.
    Flag Aleis2189on March 19, 2007   Link

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