The Controls Are Broken

from Heavy Lifting by The Father Figures

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The Controls Are Broken

I’m like a cannonball
And I’ve broken what I can’t control
I’m looking for a new way to see
The person in front of me
I don’t like it
I can’t see it
I don’t feel it
Want it
Need it
See it
Where do I have to go
What do I have to do to feel it
Where do I have to go
What do I to be needed
Where do I have to go
What do I have to do to feel it
To get your attention
Why do I have to do wrong

And I’m wasted
On watered down thoughts
And It’s my burden
to drown in all of my doubts
and I can’t see

I don’t like it
I don’t feel it
Where do I have to go
What do I have to do to feel it
Where do I have to go
What do I do to be needed
Where do I have to go
What do I have to do to feel it
To get your attention
Why do I have to do wrong

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from Heavy Lifting, released December 6, 2017

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The Father Figures Phoenix, Arizona

"Like skating, punk is the band's lifestyle — and Phoenix has noticed, as the band has opened for bands like No Age, X, and Public Image Ltd. Reardon, Cornelius, and Lerma haven't mellowed out with age, and they haven't run out of things to be angry about. But there's a zen to their approach — a refined attitude that comes only with maturity, both personally and musically."

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