Heredity Songtext
von Melissa Ferrick

She took me to a secret place
Not knowing that I had been there before
And I struggle with the memories
Already lingering behind the doors
And deciding in an instant
Not to bring it up
I slapped a smile on my face
Blocked my tongue with my teeth
To keep it from falling out

And on the bed well it came to her
All the reasons for getting away
Yeah, they poured out all over me
They poured out in anger and in rage


And she said, well I don′t know what it is
Why we are falling apart
I only know that I am not happy
Not when I know that you're breaking my heart
But I won′t lay here and judge you
'Cause everybody goes through their stuff
But your stuff is drowning us

'Cause the liquid is killing her
It′s washing her away
It′s pulling her under a veil of white
And beneath the dead mermaids
All screaming out her name
They're screaming out her name
Heredity, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

So brought the conversation
You know that it all came back around
And out of the one constant evil
That grew in small towns
And she said well why do you do it
Why do you let yourself go
And I replied
I have no answer for a question with so many years to go


But the liquid is killing her
It′s washing her away
Said it's pulling her under a veil of white
And beneath the dead mermaids
All screaming out her name
They′re screaming out her name
Heredity, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

So she left me for a while
In the room that I had known before
And only now do I wonder about
The chances of a beginning and an ending
On the same hotel floor
And then I think of her walking
Alone in the dark
There were tears of surrender
And with a stomach full of knots

And she's thinking I should have said nothing
′Cause I'm not ready to let this love go
She thinks she spoke prematurely
She thinks that I don't know

But the liquid is killing her
It′s washing her away
It′s pulling her under a veil of white
And beneath the dead mermaids
All screaming out her name
They're screaming out her name

Said the liquid is killing her
It′s washing her away
It's pulling her under a veil of white
And beneath the dead mermaids
All screaming out her name
They′re screaming out her name
Heredity, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah