[ti:Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess)]
[ar:Eminem]
[al:The Marshall Mathers LP2]
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[00:00.07]Headlights (feat Nate Ruess) - Eminem
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[00:13.37]Mom I know I let you down
[00:17.30]
[00:18.92]And though you say the days are happy
[00:22.23]Why is the power off and I'm fucked up
[00:26.03]And mom I know he's not around
[00:30.40]
[00:31.46]But don't you place the blame on me
[00:35.15]As you pour yourself another drink
[00:38.89]
[00:39.83]I guess we are who we are
[00:42.86]
[00:46.11]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
[00:50.16]
[00:52.73]Maybe we took this too far
[00:56.84]
[00:58.84]I went in headfirst
[00:59.77]Never thinking about who
[01:01.40]What I said hurt in what verse
[01:03.08]My mom probably got it the worst
[01:04.77]The brunt of it but as stubborn as we are
[01:07.08]Did I take it too far
[01:08.33]Cleaning out my closet and all them other songs
[01:10.39]But regardless I don't hate you cause ma
[01:12.38]You're still beautiful to me cause you're my mom
[01:15.31]Though far be it for you to be calling my house was Vietnam
[01:18.37]Desert Storm and both of us put together can
[01:20.43]Form an atomic bomb equivalent to Chemical warfare
[01:22.99]And forever we can drag this on and on
[01:25.23]But agree to disagree
[01:26.80]That gift from me up under the Christmas tree
[01:29.29]Don't mean shit to me
[01:30.35]You're kicking me out It's 15 degrees
[01:31.72]And it's Christmas Eve (little prick just leave)
[01:33.54]Ma let me grab my fucking coat
[01:35.03]Anything to have each other's goats
[01:36.65]Why we always at each others throats
[01:38.40]Especially when dad he fucked us both
[01:40.02]
[01:40.71]We're in the same fucking boat
[01:42.08]You'd think that it'd make us close (nope)
[01:43.76]Further away that drove us
[01:45.01]But together headlights shine
[01:46.01]A car full of belongings
[01:47.63]Still got a ways to go back to grandma's
[01:49.88]House it's straight up the road
[01:51.19]And I was the man of the house the oldest
[01:52.88]So my shoulders carried the weight of the load
[01:54.54]
[01:55.61]Then Nate got taken away
[01:56.61]By the state at 8 years old and
[01:58.18]That's when I realized you were sick
[01:59.79]And it wasn't fixable or changable
[02:01.98]And to this day we remained estranged
[02:03.60]And I hate it though but
[02:04.73]I guess we are who we are
[02:07.86]
[02:11.17]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
[02:15.66]
[02:18.03]Maybe we took this too far
[02:21.84]
[02:24.71]Cause to this day we remain estranged
[02:26.53]And I hate it though
[02:27.96]Cause you ain't even get to witness your
[02:29.84]Grand baby's growth
[02:31.02]But I'm sorry mama for Cleaning Out
[02:32.77]My Closet at the time I was angry
[02:34.51]Rightfully maybe so never meant
[02:36.01]That far to take it though cause
[02:37.76]Now I know it's not your fault
[02:39.25]And I'm not making jokes
[02:40.75]That song I no longer play at shows
[02:42.50]And I cringe every time it's on the radio
[02:44.68]And I think of Nathan being placed in a home
[02:47.18]And all the medicine you fed us
[02:48.62]And how I just wanted you to taste your own but
[02:50.68]Now the medications taken over
[02:52.68]And your mental states deteriorating slow
[02:55.23]And I'm way too old to cry
[02:56.60]That shit's painful though
[02:58.04]But ma I forgive you so does Nathan yo
[03:00.22]All you did all you said
[03:01.78]You did your best to raise us both
[03:03.53]Foster care that cross you bare
[03:05.09]Few may be as heavy as yours
[03:06.83]But I love you Debbie Mathers
[03:08.39]Oh what a tangled web we have cause
[03:10.27]One thing I never asked was
[03:11.77]Where the fuck my deadbeat dad was
[03:13.64]Fuck it I guess he had trouble
[03:15.20]Keeping up with every address
[03:16.82]But I'd have flipped every mattress
[03:18.26]Every rock and desert cactus
[03:19.81]Own a collection of maps and
[03:21.69]Followed my kids to the edge of the atlas
[03:23.31]Someone ever moved them from me
[03:24.94]That you could bet your ass's
[03:26.43]If I had to come down the
[03:27.87]Chimney dressed as Santa kidnap them
[03:29.86]And although one has met their grandma
[03:32.23]Once you pulled up in our drive one night
[03:34.60]As we were leaving to get some handburgers
[03:36.60]Me her and Nate we introduced you hugged you
[03:39.03]And as you left I had this overwhelming
[03:41.53]Sadness come over me
[03:43.09]As we pulled off to go our separate paths and
[03:45.52]I saw your headlights as I looked back
[03:47.46]And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to
[03:49.45]Thank you for being my Mom and my Dad
[03:51.71]So Mom please accept this as a tribute
[03:53.82]I wrote this on the jet
[03:55.07]I guess I had to get this off my chest
[03:57.00]I hope I get the chance to lay it before I'm dead
[03:59.50]The stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt
[04:01.44]I guess we're crashing
[04:02.57]
[04:03.33]So if I'm not dreaming I hope you this message
[04:06.25]That I'll always love you from afar
[04:08.69]Cause you're my mama
[04:09.68]I guess we are who we are
[04:12.25]
[04:15.64]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
[04:19.70]
[04:22.44]Maybe we took this too far
[04:27.18]I want a new life
[04:28.56]
[04:29.43]One without a cause
[04:32.18]
[04:32.99]So I'm coming home tonight
[04:35.61]
[04:36.36]Well no matter what the cost
[04:38.92]
[04:39.66]And if the plane goes down
[04:42.85]And if the crew can't wake me up
[04:46.03]Just know that I was alright
[04:48.78]
[04:49.34]And I was not afraid to die
[04:52.02]
[04:53.08]Even if there's songs to sing
[04:56.20]My children will carry me
[04:59.44]Just know that I'm alright
[05:01.32]
[05:02.44]I was not afraid to die
[05:05.68]Because I put my faith in my new girl
[05:09.37]So I never say goodbye cruel world
[05:12.49]Just know that I'm alright
[05:14.36]
[05:15.48]I am not afraid to die
[05:19.79]
[05:21.53]I guess we are who we are
[05:24.34]
[05:27.65]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
[05:31.71]
[05:34.02]Maybe we took this too far