Not Your Fault, Kid

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It's not your fault, kid
It's not your fault, kid

I had a family: mom, dad, dog and a backyard
My own room and a guitar
I was stuck on "F" and I couldn't get past it
But now I think it's stuck in the attic
Or at dad's place, or maybe the storage box
That he got when he got kicked out
And that just happened to be, just happened to be
When you came around

It's not your fault, kid, I still love you
You're my baby brother
It's not your fault, kid, I still love you
You're my baby brother

But mom won't love you, so I hope that yours does
You've got her eyes (what a shortcut)
And our dad's smile, that I've barely seen, yeah
At least its absent every other weekend
When I'm dropped off and lobbed in the corner spot
In a cot set up in your room
How'd this happen to me, this happened to me because
Because of you

It's not your fault, kid, I still love you
You're my baby brother
It's not your fault, kid, I still love you
You're my...

But you're not a text on his phone left unguarded
You're not a hotel charged to the family card you're not
Even them caught in the act, no, you were 9 months past
Now you can't be ignored or talked out
You just happen to be, just happen to be
The proof that knocked us down

If I seem shut down and muted that's just what I've found is easiest
But I've changed so much can't tell what's me and what's now ship of Theseus
If I seem shut down and muted that's just what I've found is easiest
But I've changed so much can't tell what's me and what's now ship of Theseus
Gave myself up to the termites, left to rot down at the bottom
This is not the boy I wanted but it is damn sure not my father

It's not your fault, kid, I still love you
You're my baby brother