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EMINEM lyrics : "Headlights Feat Nate Ruess"

[Intro: Nate Reuss]
Mom, I know I let you down
And though you say the days are happy

Why is the power off, and I'm $#&@ed up?
And mom, I know he's not around
But don't you place the blame on me

As you pour yourself another drink

[Hook: Nate Reuss]

I guess we are who we are
Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
Maybe we took this too far


[Verse 1: Eminem]
I went in headfirst

Never thinking about who what I said hurt, in what verse
My mom probably got it the worst
The brunt of it, but as stubborn as we are

Did I take it too far?
Cleaning out my closet and all them other songs
But regardless I don't hate you cause ma!

You're still beautiful to me, cause you're my mom
Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Vietnam
Desert Storm and both of us put together can form an atomic bomb

Equivalent to Chemical warfare
And forever we can drag this on and on
But, agree to disagree

That gift from me up under the Christmas tree don't mean %#@! to me
You're kicking me out? It's 15 degrees and it's Christmas Eve
(little prick just leave) ma, let me grab my $#&@ing coat

Anything to have each other's goats, why we always at each others throats?
Especially when dad, he $#&@ed us both
We're in the same $#&@ing boat

You'd think that it'd make us close (nope)
Further away that drove us, but together headlights shine
A car full of belongings

Still got a ways to go, back
To grandma's
House it's straight up the road

And I was the man of the house, the oldest
So my shoulders carried the weight
Of the load

Then Nate got taken away by the state at 8 years old, and
That's when I realized you were sick and it wasn't fixable or changable
And to this day we remained estranged and I hate it though, but


[Hook]


[Verse 2: Eminem]
Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though
Cause you ain't even get to witness your grand baby's growth

But I'm sorry mama for Cleaning Out My Closet, at the time I was angry
Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though, cause
Now I know it's not your fault, and I'm not making jokes

That song I no longer play at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio
And I think of Nathan being placed in a home
And all the medicine you fed us

And how I just wanted you to taste your own, but
Now the medications taken over and your mental states deteriorating slow
And I'm way too old to cry, that %#@!'s painful though

But ma, I forgive you, so does Nathan yo
All you did, all you said, you did your best to raise us both
Foster care, that cross you bare, few may be as heavy as yours

But I love you Debbie Mathers, oh what a tangled web we have, cause
One thing I never asked was where the $#&@ my deadbeat dad was
$#&@ it I guess he had trouble keeping up with every address

But I'd have flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactus
Own a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas
Someone ever moved them from me? That you could bet your $$#'s

If I had to come down the chimney dressed as Santa, kidnap them
And although one has met their grandma
Once you pulled up in our drive one nights

As we were leaving to get some hamburgers
Me, her and Nate, we introduced you, hugged you
And as you left I had this overwhelming sadness come over me

As we pulled off to go our separate paths, and
I saw your headlights as I looked back
And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to thank you for being my Mom and my Dad
So Mom, please accept this as a tribute I wrote this on the jet
I guess I had to get this off my chest

I hope I get the chance to lay it before I'm dead
The stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt, I guess we're crashing
So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you this message
That I'll always love you from afar, cause you're my mama...


[Hook]

[Bridge: Nate Reuss]
I want a new life, one without a cause
So I'm coming home tonight, well, no matter what the cost

And if the plane goes down, and if the crew can't wake me up
Just know that I was alright, and I was not afraid to die
Even if there's songs to sing, my children will carry me
Just know that I'm alright, I was not afraid to die
Because I put my faith in my new girl, so I never say goodbye cruel world

Just know that I'm alright, I am not afraid to die

[Hook]

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