Tide of Tears - The Parlor Mob

Safe in the arms that hold your every move

They’ve been waiting here for you

You’ve been weighing down the time

In a place they tried to forget

In a face they’d grow to regret

They pulled down, they pulled down the shades

Crawling

Lord, they’re crawling

Can you save them now they’re crawling?

Would you catch them if they’re falling?

Do you hear them when they’re calling?

The water down here swells with the seeds of decay

Through the years

The sins of our fathers swept our love

For each other away

In the tide, in the tide, in the tide of tears

Snakes in suits conduct their interviews

Bodies floating down the avenue

And it’s our sickness, and it’s our sickness to blame

Ain’t no party blue or red

Where innocence for naught is shed

And it’s our choices, and it’s our voices to be heard

Drowning

Lord, they’re drowning

And the good Lord is frowning

And them dark clouds are surrounding

We must decide

The water out here swells with the seeds of decay

Through the years

Have the sings of our fathers swept our love

For each other away?

In the tide, in the tide, in the tide, in the tide

Tide of tears now

Tide of tears now

In the tide, in the tide

Oh, yeah

While there’s life, there’s hope for change

As a culture now got to rearrange

Ain’t no blind eye left to turn

Lying

Lord, they’re lying

And the children keep dying

Whil the mothers are crying

Don’t you know we should be trying

The water down here swells with the sins of decay

The sins of our fathers swept our love, our love away

In the tide, in the tide, in the tide, in the tide of tears