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1 Fat Calf

from THESIS by Joel Rockey

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A reflection on the parable in Luke 15:11-32 from the perspective of the younger son.

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Shall I play you like a fiddle
Or fear you like a king
Whatever must I do to shake loose
Yet another ring

I need an escape plan generator
Got the arsenal of a master manipulator
Up my sleeve
Your generosity is peerless
Daddy dearest
Lucky me

I’ve sucked you up like gravity
But now I’m older
The tyranny of never being enough
Will it ever adjust or will I be dust
This time October?

Gathered up the entirety of my allocated property
And just as quickly pissed it away
I gave myself away to a cosmic state
But that’s a story for another day

I need an escape plan generator
Got the arsenal of a master manipulator
Up my sleeve
Your generosity is peerless
Daddy dearest
Lucky me

I’ve sucked you up like gravity
But now I’m older
The tyranny of never being enough
Will it ever adjust or will I be dust
This time October?
Scattered to the wind this time October…

Who is this man if he’s not standing over my shoulder
Did it ever occur to me that beauty might be
more than in the eye of the beholder
I was running from a hand of iron
Cutting you off like a wall of barbed wire
Now I’m tired

There’s very little I can do but trust you as I collapse
But it doesn’t take another rich young fool
to see I’m one fat calf from a relapse
What kinda son am I supposed to be

I only turn away from my own poverty
And lucky me
You’re coming at me at a breakneck speed
What kinda son am I supposed to be?

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from THESIS, released May 6, 2021
Music and lyrics by Joel Rockey

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Joel Rockey Indianapolis, Indiana

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