in your father's voice

you can do what you want
it's your own damn choice
speaking to yourself
in your father's voice
the man who taught you
all along
that everything you do
is wrong

you were good-for-nothing
too much noise
you breathed too loud
said your father's voice
and every word he said
you memorized
now you're repeating
the same old lies

          take a look now
          somewhere somehow
          you turned out perfect
          remember when
          you couldn't have a friend
          was it worth it?

crime and punishment
whatever destroys
is used against you
in your father's voice
you're a grown man now
you don't live at home
it's time to find
a voice you've never known
that you can call your own

you can do what you want
it's your own damn choice