Strangely Shaped by Fathers - Jess Lyrics

I stood alone in my room
Broken bass bashed in my hand
Mic turned loud
Amp aiming out of the door
"Why did you have me I want to know?"
A lyric that wasn't rhetorical
Falling on unresponsive ears
They had their own problems
More troubling than ours

We were just collateral
They were the carnage
We suffered as spectators but got to enjoy the intervals
After-show dissections
Arguments with friends
They were stuck in the performance
Each and every night
Twice on weekends
In character even offstage

Sometimes we would laugh about it
How awful it all was
"I'm off to university," I grinned
"You won't be my problem anymore"
My sister's face darkened
Condemned alone to the encore