Beneath the Surface

[Verse 1]

Grace is overworked and she's just about to break down

Showed up late, now the boss is fucking let down

Treated like the trash that she's paid to throw out

Another check skipped by a punk kid with a big mouth

She's sent home, three kids in a townhouse

Bills are overdue, she's never gonna cash out

Daddy skipped town, so she carries the weight

Tell me, who's gonna put food on their plates?

[Pre-Chorus]

You don't give a goddamn

You've got blood on your hands

You don't give a goddamn

Why can't you just understand?

[Chorus]

My cover's not my story

Not everything's so black and white

Black and white

My cover's not my story

My cover's not my story

Not everything's so black and white

[Verse 2]

"Mary, come inside," Mom and Dad always say

"Don't talk to the neighbors, stay away, stay away

They can't relate to us 'cause they don't pray like us"

Anyway, just go about your life, don't inherit the hate

Now Mary's 25, she grew up

Something's screwed up

Mom don't wanna talk and Dad already blew up

Can't come home, the locks are changed

All because Mary wakes up next to Kate

[Pre-Chorus]

You don't give a goddamn

You've got blood on your hands

You don't give a goddamn

Why can't you just understand?

[Chorus]

My cover's not my story

Not everything's so black and white

Black and white

My cover's not my story

My cover's not my story

Not everything's so black and white, yeah

[Post-Chorus]

(My cover's not my story

My cover's not my story)

(My cover's not my story

My cover's not my story)

[Pre-Breakdown]

Turn the page before you burn the book

Take back the life you took

There's more beneath the surface

[Breakdown]

There's more beneath the surface

There's more beneath the surface

There's more beneath the surface