Tell Me

Album: Memento Mori

[verse]
Tell me Mommy... when?
Will I be able to play ball...
With my friends again
'Cause today I can't, I get out of breath, get tired and fall

Mom, don't get me wrong
It's not that I don't like your food
It will make me strong
Like the doctor said, but I'm seasick now, don't want to be rude

[chorus]
Mom, can I skip school today?
They say I'm ugly and so weird
The guys tell me to stay away
Sometimes I wish I disappeared

Won't you scold me because I peed?
I didn't mean to wet the bed
I'm so ashamed of what I did
Keep it a secret, don't tell dad

[short instrumental break]

[verse]
Tell me big bro... what?
What's up, why are you acting strange?
No one tells me, but...
I know something's wrong. Some secrets you hide that made you all change

Are you crying? Why?
You always said that boys don't cry
I am trying... I...
Try to be like you, so sweet and so cool and yet a tough guy

[chorus]
Are you crying because of me?
Was it something that I did wrong?
What's going wrong that I don't see?
Do you know something that I don't?

Come on, beside my bed, sit here
Let's get closer, just like before
And let me wipe away your tears
Promise that you won't cry no more

[instrumental]

[verse]
Tell me, Daddy... If...
When I grow up I'll be like you
I want to believe
That, yes, I will be and do all these things just like you can do

It sounds strange, I know
I'm not a toddler anymore
But some years ago
You sang lullabies, could you sing again like you did before?

[chorus]
But I'm so stupid, I'm a fool
Do you promise you won't be mad?
I got many bad grades in school
The worst grades I have ever had

Dad, I will try harder, I swear
I know you're not happy 'bout this
One last request, since you are there
Dad, may I have a goodnight kiss?