New Bird

There's a new bird at my window It wasn't there before The other one's not singing anymore Scores of demons have been fading Slowly through the night They melt into the walls and out of sight Oh my family split in two When my dad after the war Said he didn't worship with his parents anymore He kept flying back from school Still trying to be a decent son But when he knocked on their front door, they wouldn't come All the rules you hold to They're only there to numb you So you don't ask a question when you feel If every nonbeliever is a nonreceiver There's a reason right there To raise your hand Fifty years later and we met them Though I wish them well It's strange they think I'm going straight to hell There's a new bird at my window It wasn't there before The other one's not singing anymore