Mothers Sisters Daughters & Wives
Vox Trot Lyrics

If you think you're throwing words to the wise,
If you think your words are enlightening to the experienced,

the first thing that you ever felt, inside and under your belt
The first sensation you ever experienced, within and below you,

To a place that smothers children
To a place that suffocates and oppresses children,

Caught the space between two lives
Trapped in between two stages of existence,

I've seen you working, wasted and gray
I have seen you toil away, drained and dull,

You've got a delicate heart, and listen, you would be smart
You have a fragile heart, and it would be wise to heed my words,

To keep yourself in a world of mothers, sisters, daughters and wives
To stay within a realm of maternal, sibling, filial, and marital affection,

Listen, I've come to rock this boat
Pay attention, I have come to disturb the status quo,

The take and giving means no room for the living
The constant exchange of resources leaves no space for survival,

And some of you think it loves and lovers
And some of you believe that it entails love and romance,

Death in one corner, use suspense in the other
Death lurks in one corner, suspense is used in the other,

I know that when it's over we'll be holding one another
I am aware that when it all ends, we will embrace each other,

We only ever wanted to feel you
We only ever wished to experience your presence and affection,

Two years of taction only teaches you to fight
Two full years of touch and struggle only teaches you aggression,

We only ever wanted to try
We only ever aimed to attempt and explore,

And if you see this world as ugly and thin
And if you view this world as unattractive and insubstantial,

Then you'll be so cruel to the touch, you'll leap out the body you're in
Then you will be so harsh to the senses that you will disown your own body,

To a land of angry soil, that swallows boys and cops or men
To a place of hostile land that consumes boys and law enforcement or military personnel,

You always stop when you start, and listen, you would be smart
You always hesitate when you begin something, and it would be clever to listen,

I'll raise a glass to the and no one else's fool
I will toast to your foolhardiness and no one else's,

Raise some question to the rule who says you'd have to lose a love to find one
Challenge the convention that proclaims you must give up one love to discover another,

Take the things you don't respect and I will miss them
Get rid of the things you do not admire, and I will feel their absence,

To features night into one
To merge opposing elements into unified beauty,

That says you have to lose a love to find one
That suggests you must surrender one love to encounter another,

We are, yeah, we are, we are
We exist, yes, we exist, we exist,

We are just sinking for something
We are merely striving towards an objective,

With our hands, and our fists, muscles, skin, thumb, and bone
With our physical and corporeal traits,

We never grew up, we were cut from the stone
We never matured, we were chiseled out of the rock,

That holds your body and soul
That contains your physical and spiritual essence,