My family
Is like a factory of tragedy
Cranking out disaster
Like a well-oiled machine
Broken and scattered
Secrecy and factions
Actions and reactions
Water's thicker than our genes
But those we've lost
We grieve and remember
We remember forever
Those we've lost
We've lost them together
We've lost them together
So we never grieve alone
We may not
Have much in common
A name, or blood, or paperwork
Saying once we did agree
Our ancestors
Came from all across the ocean
Patterns of our speech and motions
Spiral up the family tree
Our history has already been lived
And we pass it to our kids
Like a dish at the table
How do we take up these broken limbs
And glue them on again
While we're still alive and able?
Cause those we've lost
We grieve and remember
We remember forever
Those we've lost
We've lost them together
We've lost them together
And those we've gained
Are not always our volition
Still they take up their positions
Around the fireplace
Those we've gained
We embrace and we celebrate
We speak only to congratulate
Give the benefit of grace