Wiseman

Album: Not on an album (2012)
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  • Wiseman closes mouth
    Madman closes fist
    Young man shows his age
    Judge man named it sin
    Bad man don't exist, no
    No evil man exists
    Good man don't exist, no
    No righteous man exists
    Sad man cannot cry
    In place where man can see
    Never witnessed father weep
    This old man thought it weak
    But strong man don't exist
    No undying man exists
    Weak man don't exist, no
    Just flesh and blood exists

    But your mother would be proud of you
    I bet your mother would be proud of you

    The beast will crawl this earth
    Then fall in the dirt to feed the crows
    They'll rip apart his flesh
    'Til all that's left is glorious bone
    So you'll bury your own
    Too vain
    You saw it unfold
    What you know
    And you claimed all you could hold
    Until death did you part from the mess you made

    I bet your mother would be proud of you
    I bet your mother would be proud of you

    Primate sharpens tool
    To survive and thrive in the jungle
    Maybe hearts were made to pump blood
    Maybe lungs were made for flood
    I won't blunt my blade for cut these chains
    Rather let my limbs be dragged through mud
    You're my brother but your eyes are cold
    You're my sister but your womb is bare

    I bet our mother would be proud of you (you, you, you)
    I bet our mother would be proud of you
    (Our mother would be proud)

    Bad man don't exist
    No evil man exists
    I know good man don't exist
    No righteous man exists
    Strong man don't exist
    No undying man exists
    Weak man don't exist
    No, just flesh and blood exists

    You, you, you
    You, you
    Ooh

    I bet your mother would be proud, ohh
    I bet your mother would be proud, ooh Writer/s: Christopher Breaux, James Ryan Wuihun Ho
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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