Pride And The Pallor Lyrics - The Dissent Of Man - Bad Religion

Papa had a wife and kids he kept them on a leash and he bid them all to do his every deed 

When he was a kid he was treated just the same so he hid his feelings from his family 

Lost as an island out at sea, resistant to the gentle waves of empathy 

Papa and his family always on parade 

Tearing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade 

But time will tell, as their world crumbles to hell 

What they created was a family story no one will tell 

It's a photo album too terrible 

But the pride and the pallor continue to swell as the matron silently prays 

Junior resented the tradition they upheld and it ate him up inside most every day 

Silence was golden and they kept him to his word 

So bewildered when he finally ran away 

Oh, obligations never cease 

Oblivious of the ways to give his soul some peace 

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Yeah, papa and his family always on parade 

Passing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade 

But time will tell, as their world crumbles to hell 

What they created was a family story no one will tell 

It's a photo album too terrible 

But the pride and the pallor continue to swell as the matron silently prays 

"Get me out of here, someone's got to save the day." 

The children are reminded to do it for the daddy's sake 

And happiness is ever so far, far away. 

Yeah, lost as an island out at sea, impervious to the gentle waves of empathy 

Papa and his family always on parade 

Tearing through the turnstiles, a weekender's charade 

It's just a sick calamity that fatherhood made, but time will tell, as their world crumbles to hell 

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What they created was a family story no one will tell 

It's a photo album too terrible 

But the pride and the pallor continue to swell as the matron silently prays 

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