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Father's Son Lyrics

I got a number on me
I got a number
Won't make it through
The high noon sun
I am my father's son
I am my father's son
His bed is made
But I was a hero
Early in the morning
I ain't no hero
In the night

I am my father's son

I'll build a house inside of you
I'll go in through your mouth
I'll draw three figures on your heart
One of them'll be me as a boy
One of them'll be me
One of them'll be me watching you run
Watching you run
Into the high noon sun
Watching you run
Farther than guns will go
You are a runner
With a sullen voice
And you are a runner
And I am my father's son

I am my father's son
I am my father's son
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i believe its:

i'll go in through your mouth i'll draw three figures on your heart one of them'll be me as a boy one of them'll be me one of them'll be me watching you run

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From the opening crunchy riffs, it immediately paints the picture of the quasi-anarchic Wild Wild West. The protagonist seems to have a bounty on his head, and this has led to a sort of bipolarity where he must struggle between his innate desire for survival and the traditions of honor and courage that his father instilled in him.

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I think this song is about the singer having his fate already in place because of his father. Maybe figuring he is going to follow his father's footsteps down whatever path that may be. Something probably dark.

While the runner is a person who is going to go far in life. Maybe a friend or someone he loves. Regardless, he figures this person will be going places in life and that he will merely be watching them while he stays behind.

Just my theory. Awesome song, just as it is an awesome album.

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Sounds to me as a little boy he looked up to his father, his father was a hero in the little boy's eyes, but was never around or maybe left him and his mother. Now he's become what his father was.

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I believe it has religious connotations, or at least undertones.

We see a very clear timeline presented, with morning, noon, and night. This has often been used by poets and songwriters as a metaphor for the life cycle of a human; Youth in the morning, mid-age in the afternoon, and elderly at night.

All monotheistic religions are described as having one creator (God, Allah, El, etc..) Which would thus make us our fathers sons. The house represents the strong foundation of God, and the mouth is his Word.

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