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Track 4 from the album Life Is Killing me is one of two songs on the album about Peter Steele’s parents (the other being Nettie.
Peter Steele’s lyrics point towards it being from the perspective of him when he was younger with his father working in the shipyard.
[Verse 1]
Grease, sweat, coffee, faded shipyard pictures
Giant living there I used to know
Author of the testosterone scriptures
Where did you go?
[Verse 2]
Now I remember what he told me that time
Falling from my bike, scraping my knee
"If you're gonna weep, keep it from the sunshine
So no one sees"
[Chorus]
I won't cry
"Above all things, boy, be a man"
I won't cry
"Above all things, boy, be a man"
[Verse 3]
See little boy hiding amongst shadows
Ashamed of tears exposing ancient pain
From the storms predicted by the tarot
Pray for the rain
[Chorus]
I won't cry
"Above all things, boy, be a man"
I won't cry
"Above all things, boy, be a man"
Todd’s Ship Gods (Above All Things) was written by Peter Steele.
Todd’s Ship Gods (Above All Things) was produced by Josh Silver & Peter Steele.
Type O Negative released Todd’s Ship Gods (Above All Things) on Tue Jun 17 2003.