Sons Lyrics - Singles - Young Guns

a notion cold as the night air 

starts within in my head 

spreads like ink right through my veins 

all of our kings are dead 

i am not a scholar and i don't believe in fate 

surely as i share your blood will i end up the same? 

if there's one thing i have learned 

in my short time on this earth 

devotion should be owed not earned 

only you determine what you're worth 

we are set free 

we are the sons of apathy 

though it's not right 

it's all we know 

and there's no one left to follow 

we are the heirs to empty thrones 

and promises unkept 

we sit and watch the empire burn with mild disinterest, 

but we are not forsaken, 

we have a gift worth more than gold 

we've been shown how not to live 

by gracious kings of old 

if there's one thing i have learned 

in my short time on this earth 

devotion should be owed not earned 

only you determine what you're worth 

we are set free 

we are the sons of apathy 

though it's not right 

it's all we know 

and there's no one left to follow 

my father was an oak 

the earth moved when he spoke 

my father conquered seas 

but was not there for me. 

my father was an oak 

the earth moved when he spoke 

my father conquered seas 

but was not there for me. 

my father was an oak 

the earth moved when he spoke 

my father conquered seas 

but was not there for, 

was not there for me. 

we are set free 

we are the sons of apathy 

though it's not right 

it's all we know 

and there's no one left to follow