At Your Weakest

You held me in your arms
 Before I turned into a man.
 I started learning how to walk
 Before you wanted me to stand.
 And then you tried to keep your secrets,
 I always found your cigarettes
 And found you weeping in your bedroom
 Over what hadn't happened yet.
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 You said, "It's gonna be alright..."
 
 Oh, Mama, I never knew
 That the darkness came from you.
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 I've seen you at your weakest.
 You were too drunk to take us around,
 But you tried to grab your keys
 Until you finally settled down.
 That's not the way I want to think of you.
 These aren't stories I should tell.
 But I can't help but be forgiving.
 In the end, I guess you raised me well.
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 I think I turned out alright.
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 Oh, father, I never knew
 That the darkness came from you.
 Oh, father, I never knew
 That the darkness came from you.
 That the darkness came from you.
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 Now I've a child of my own.
 Pretty soon she's turning five
 And when I hold her in my arms
 I'm just glad to be alive.
 She's seen me weeping in my bedroom.
 I say that's sometimes what I do.
 But I want to let it go now, Mama,
 All the dark that came from you.
 Oh, A, I hope that you
 Will let your darkness come to me.
 Oh, A, I hope that you
 Will let your darkness come to me.
 Let your darkness come to me.
 Let your darkness come to me...