[Verse 1]
Boots sink deep in the backyard mud
Moon’s just hanging
Pale and bored
Plastic flowers crack as I pass
Names on stones like rusted chords
Shovel hits bone
Not rock
“Wake up
Dinner’s getting cold”
Drag you home in a garbage bag
Like I’m bringing back lost gold
[Chorus]
Welcome to the family reunion
Pull up a chair from the underground
I set your heads at the table
Swear I hear you talking now
Pass the salt to your empty hands
Tell me you’re proud of me somehow
Family reunion
Six feet down
And we’re catching up right now
[Verse 2]
Got your suit still stained from ‘83
Sit you straight with a busted grin
Mom’s jaw drops
Won’t stay on
I tape it up so you can join in
I pour red wine in your broken cup
Watch it leak through your ribs and dress
You stare back with those hollow eyes
I fill the silence with my mess
[Chorus]
Welcome to the family reunion
Pull up a chair from the underground
I set your heads at the table
Swear I hear you talking now
Pass the salt to your empty hands
Tell me you’re proud of me somehow
Family reunion
Six feet down
And we’re catching up right now
[Bridge]
“You remember when I fell from the tree?”
Your skull just nods
Or maybe it’s me (yeah)
I hear your laugh in the ceiling fan
Hear your blame in the AC vent
I clink my glass to your shattered teeth
“Here’s to us and the ones who leave”
If I talk loud
If I don’t breathe
I can almost hear you breathe
[Chorus]
Welcome to the family reunion
Pull up a chair from the underground
I set your heads at the table
Swear I hear you talking now
Pass the guilt and the gravy
Feed it to your empty mouths
Family reunion
Six feet down
I won’t let you go back now (no)
[Outro]
Table’s set
The candles drip
Morning creeps through sagging blinds
One by one you slouch and slide
I’m the last one left alive