Imperfect - Blacksburg, VA, 2007 lyrics

[Verse 1] Change It's a funny thing How it sneaks up on you, and makes memories feel a lifetime away I remember that day It began like any other Till shots were fired at the campus... people dying and ducking for cover But you didn't go in that day And I was just glad you were safe I never could've imagined how this would impact me in such a ma**ive way Till a few days later You said the world was gonna end And I didn't believe you but honestly for us it did Cause nothing was the same after that day that we left to give you a break In a few weeks we thought you'd be fine That's how long we had planned to stay But those weeks turned into months And mom knew she'd have to explain That we couldn't go back just yet Cause she knew that it wasn't safe But I never understood back then why we couldn't be a family again I missed having a father I missed being a son But I didn't know what you had done I'm not so clueless anymore I know the things that you said to her I see now we were under attack So don't you dare ever come back [Verse 2] I always wanted to believe that you cared about us as a family But after all the facts you denied You wouldn't swallow the pills or your pride And I thought that you would be back some day And I thought that we would end up ok And we did but we did it without you We got away from the lies that constantly came from your mouth Every time someone asked about us You told the story of the helpless victim who was done wrong But now I'm writing this song To show the truth about the so called victim who covered up the truth with his foolish decisions And I swear to you now that I want to be rid of the lies that you shoved in our faces. I remember nights crying and thinking I could not replace this hole that was made when you were gone But there's no more tears only hate in this song And I've heard all your threats But if you ever touch my family I swear I'll make you regret it So just stay away. All you've caused is pain and I'm sick of the way that you say we are. In these years that we've been gone I've realized how far that you are from the truth every time your lips start to move It honestly makes me sick all the things that you've said And every time the thought comes to my mind it fills me with dread To think you were my father I say "were" because I no longer see you as such Through this pain I've grown stronger Cause I finally found a Father that I can trust A Father that I can trust