Dad Told Me - Hello Saferide

There's sadness in the family, Dad told me

Let's no speak of it, it only brings us down

There's sadness in the DNA, I've known it

I've felt it in the pavements of this town

I've lived my life with a backpack that was never mine to carry

Heard it's constant whine,

Saw its body that was never mine to bury

There's trouble in the genes, Dad told me

Don't ask again, best we don't bring it up

But Dad, it seems you can't clear away the smoke of fires you can't find

I've lived my life with a longing that I can't identify

I've been kept from, held from knowing

Daddy, that's why it keeps on growing

But I found the dead animal the smell stems from

I found the story from which the shadow was cast

I searched and searched and now that I found it

I wanna give it back

I searched and searched and now that I found it

I wanna give it back

There's trouble in the family, I tell you

I know and now that I do

Kid, I'm passing it onto you

But let's no speak of it, son

It only brings us down

But let's no speak of it, son

It only brings us down