Correctional Complex

On mornings like this, I almost forget
I just went five minutes without it enterin' my head
And then, like a solemn punch in the guts
I remember, I remember, I remember
And think, "how could I forget?"

Oh, I remember when he
Was only five
Layin' the table with the good forks and knives
And it's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different whеn you know them
It's different whеn you know them

The Camry in the driveway hasn't started for six months
It's got a plastic sheet for a window
From the night he punched it
And now it takes three buses to get to the facility
But I still make the trip
Three times a week

I remember, I remember
I remember the phone call when I finally knew
The locked screen door hadn't opened
The wind just blew right through

When I get home
I open up his room
The afternoon sun shines on Skeletor and Dr. Doom
I know what it's like to hold your own flesh and blood
How could he do that to the little body that he loved?
And it's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them
It's different when you know them