Irving The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds lyrics

Remember when they used to make us
Wake up and spray all the blood from the flowers?
It was so hard
In the afternoon
They told us that we couldn't stop until the garden bloomed

When we were finished
We heard the sirens scream
I shook your back and woke you up
In someone else's dream

You were so lost
Underneath the weight
Turned into the type of person that you used to hate
Are you still mine?
I hope you feel better this time

The gentle preservation of children's minds
The gentle preservation of children's minds

Remember when we danced with your mother
She was so drunk in the living room
Then her profile

Turned a certain way
She made how you will look
Thirty years from Tuesday

So come and talk to me
In your language
With your glass eye
And your wooden teeth

I think I know what's wrong
I think I know what you are
I think I know what they meant
When they said you were gone

Are you still mine?
I hope you feel better this time

The gentle preservation of children's minds
The gentle preservation of children's minds