Oblique Brown - What Remains lyrics

[Verse 1] Mom, I know you think I'm too cold for love Too old for hugs, who stole the rug? From under our feet, you used to watch me on the street Through the window in the kitchen where you cooking up a feast How we rarely speak now sit and eat in hurt, silent I wanna ask but life and when you stopped smilin' But, I'm on the road again this weekend You got a weary look like you just been weepin' Is it stress? Debts? Work and no sleep? Your once alert eyes now lined with crows feet Shhhh....I just wish that you'd speak Bout the life that you seek, 'bout the life that we had then You raising two kids, who asking where dad went You made a brave face and, packed up our bags then Moved us to America, you still jet lagged Worked hard, no relaxing, they laughed at your accent! Damn you soldiered through everything life's force brings ........but I wanted more things Cause Cory's got Diadoras, Rob's got gold rings I'm rockin' kicks you copped from a grocery store bin So I stole from your purse, don't know what hurt worse The fact that I stole or you couldn't buy me new shirts That's life you'd say, you made no excuses So I stencil in your hurt, these words will see you through it [Hook] If it hurts or it aches, if it burns or it stings Is it worth all the strain, all the tears that remain Through the years when the pain comes to claim what remains Cause it must be love. You trusted love If it hurts or it aches, if it burns or it stings Is it worth all the strain, all the tears that remain Through the years when the pain comes to claim what remains Then it must be love. You trusted love [Verse 2] Khalil, it's been a minute since we talked I'm sittin at this bar in Michigan sippin' a scotch Thinking 'bout our mothers and the men that they raised How we stumbled into manhood, on a road that's unpaved Some say with age comes wisdom. I think not Cause as I get older I just shake delusions off This ain't booze talkin' homey, I hope you doing good You took me under your wing like an older brother would Damn, I should have been there when your whole world shook Heard the cancer's eating her bones, I wondered 'bout your outlook You shrugged it off, or so it seemed and remained normal Stayed strong for your fam, your pain remained dormant Mourned in your own way, you? You here lifeline Patched your spirits back up. Respect d**h's design That's life I guess, you make no excuses So I stencil in your hurt, these words will see you through it [Hook] [Bridge] When the fan's and the shows and the girls go away Take a look around, what remains is the day Put it in a song just to give my life away To you, for you, to you, for you When the sun and the stars and the moon fades away Take a look around, what remains is the day Put it in a song just to give my life away To you, for you, to you, for you [Verse 3] Why we hurt those we care about, just to protect them In the name of love, unsaid words become weapons You say I don't communicate, just stay mum and stare I'm so selfish, I'd rather talk to drum kicks and snares And you're tired. Losing patience in this negative space .........see what I'm saying Silences, shoulder shrugs, we froze each other out For weeks on end, had me sleeping on the couch Till we both got sick, and you got up out the house Babygirl, it's been August since you left I ain't a changed man yet, I got no promises left To all the women that I love, who love me back though I fail 'ya Who understand a calm sea never makes a sk**ed sailor That's life I guess, you make no excuses So I stencil in your hurt these words will see you through it [Hook]