Genealogy Lyrics

Her memories I roam as freely as my own
Between our souls there is no more division
Insomnia provides endless time to wander
Seeking the source of this miraculous transmission

Mother, crystallized in memory
Father, hidden still in mystery
Mother, give your daughter what she seeks
Father, tell me of this history

Trace back the root of my illicit conception
To discover a man with a double life
The ring off his finger a surface deception
Mother his mistress, but another his wife...
Evelyn!

They wed with hope of starting another generation
Her infertility left him empty and desperate
Mother’s attraction drew him away into the darkness
Their secret consummation, with me the product

Four decades long he maintained this masquerade
Until his barren wife began to open her eyes
Faced with choice and no escape, he planned his suicide charade
Held on to Mother and left Evelyn to drown in her tears