Basement Key Ring

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He’s thirty-nine in the basement Still under her watchful eye She hands him a reason to stay Every time he tries to try Dad went in the ground Now she says, “Baby, don’t go” So he folds back in Like a shirt she already owns [Pre-Chorus] He says, “I’m fine” With a shake in his hand Swears it’s just stress Swears he’s a good man But the bottle hides And the pills don’t lie And she sees that boy When she looks in his eyes [Chorus] Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the one he loved (lost the one he loved) Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the gf who coulda ben He misses her now But he won’t say why Mommy kept her son And he let her cry [Verse 2] Three years she loved his promise Not the man he was that day Said, “Get clean, grow up Come build a home some way” He’d turn her anger on her Like it was the whole damn truth When she was begging for a future He was still making excuses [Pre-Chorus] She packed her hope away Stopped trying to save his name No more second chances No more taking the blame Now the house is loud With what he won’t face And the silence she left Has a shape in every place [Chorus] Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the one he loved (lost the one he loved) Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the gf who coulda ben He misses her now But he won’t say why Mommy kept her son And he let her cry [Bridge] He misses her laugh At the sink, at the door Misses her shoes by the rug Misses her asking for more But if he names the truth Then the mirror gets cruel So he stays in the shadows And plays the fool [Chorus] Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the one he loved (lost the one he loved) Mommy kept her son (kept her son) He lost the gf who coulda ben He misses her now But he won’t say why Mommy kept her son And he let her cry