Picking Up Knives Songtext
von Panic Room

Mother watching from the window
40 Hours and still no sign
Recently you know she′s seen her baby change
What if he has crossed the line?
His brother was hanging with the big crowd
Never seen a harder man
And the hero sets a pattern for the child
He wants to do his family proud

Running through the beat of his life
Learning to graduate to


Picking up knives
Cover your ears from the violence
It's getting worser day by day
Have you seen the streets they′re running with young blood
A crimson tide among the grey
Running through the streets of his life
And he'll learn the tricks of the night
Gotta prove his brother was right
And he'll get better at better at
Picking up knives

And the news tells another tale
Another young boy found in the streets last night
And the people hide afraid to go outside
The world is running wild
With the fighting of the child

Mother watching from the window
Hears a sound outside the door
Now she runs to with her hands across her heart
She sees her little boy once more

But I stand watching from my window
I see the lights as they arrive
I′ve been waiting for you waiting for the night
Now I know the reason why I hide

Running to the beat of his life
Where he learned the tricks of the knife
He had to prove his daddy was right
But he got better at better at


Picking up knives
And I′ll never understand
Never see him as a man
Picking up knives
Or his beauty in his eyes

Picking up, picking up, sticking up, picking up
Never see him as a man
Picking up knives