Child Bride
You were my best friend
‘Til your dad slapped the living shit out of you
In front of me
And I could see
You leave your body
And I knew we were through
Well you let me keep your Dreamcast
When she picked up and moved you south
You didn’t say
And I went one day to call on you
And found an empty house
Skeletor of the liquor store
The bitch took you away
Some years later I played in Orlando
You came out and your hair was box dye black
You told me all about your new girlfriend
How she turned you on to crack
I said, "Man, I can’t
My heart would
My heart would explode"
Slow the years down
Lose your twenties
Loaded all the time
(x4)
Child Bride was written by Joseph D’Agostino.
Child Bride was produced by John Agnello.
Cymbals Eat Guitars released Child Bride on Tue Aug 26 2014.
In the 2014 interview by Pitchfork, Joe (and bassist Matthew Whipple) answers a couple questions about this song:
Pitchfork: The song “Child Bride” seems to be written to a single person. Is it directly autobiographical?
Joseph D'Agostino: Yeah. My best friend in middle school came from an abusive...