Sam Fender – The Borders lyrics

[Verse 1]
We were like brothers
Everybody said we looked the same
You're a little taller, and broader, and bolder
We were afraid of your mother
Hell, she used to hit you so hard
And your dad took off when you were a baby
Yeah, you still hate me for my dad stuck around
And pin me to the ground
Eight years old with a replica gun pushin' in my skull
Saying you're gonna kill me if I tell
Never did, and I never will
That house was living hell

[Verse 2]
I remember my mother when she found a new man
And your mother thought she found a partner
A father for you, no wonder, you can't stand me
I can't stand me, too
I can't stand me, too
Oh, your gone mother repaired the anger in me
Spoke to me like I was an adult
Didn't take sides and didn't turn me against my dad
Then she took those pills
Now she's gone

[Bridge]
See her in the night
In the corner of my eye
I see her in the night

[Verse 3]
Heard you glassed a boy back in The Borders
Some Nordie family boys are after you
You pin me to the wall and said my mother
Stole your inheritance from you
Oh yeah, we ain't got a penny between wor
Holding up this tent[?] that we live in
You pin me to the wall and smashed a bottle
Your eyes, the door to Hell and all in it