Lyrics The Boy And The Hourglass - ConToRtion

The boy and the hourglass
The boy lost everything and he lost it fast
He found the hourglass inside of a vase
Then he ran away from his abusive dad
The boy and the hourglass
Every time he turned it greener was the grass
All this time in the sand and the biomass
Would come to an end and quite a contrast
Every time he flipped it all he saw was the sky
And the earth was quite a sight for these sore eyes
Like a genie in a lamp or a godmother in disguise
His life all changed and it cleared all the lies

Every time his dad got drunk and beat him
He turned the hourglass and then couldn't see him
He escaped abuse and reclaimed his freedom
But at the cost he would see it was grim
Every moment in the desert he'd see then
All the moments the love just deceived him
The boy and the hourglass bleed just then
Together forever just a pair of heathens

Father has forsaken me
Why have you taken the
Hope that I had left
I had so much of my faith in thee
With a handprint on my face and cheek
Betrayed my faith in he
Abused me because mommy wouldn't take care of her rapists seed
She killed herself and let me see
I watched her earlobe bleed
She hated being in the same house with the man and baby she
Sadly were related to but just involuntarily
She got her hand upon a musket and in heaven she will be

One night father walked in
And saw the hourglass in my hand
He broke it and out spilled the sand
The world turned into this flat land

Nothings left in this land
Nothings left in this land
Nothings left in this land
Nothings left in this land