David Bazan
"Bless This Mess"

God bless the man who stumbles
God bless the man who falls
God bless the man who yields to temptation

God bless the woman who suffers
God bless the woman who weeps
God bless the children trying her patience

Trouble getting over it is what youґre in
for so pour yourself another
ґcause itґll take a steady pair of hands

Holy or unholy ghost
Well now I canґt tell but either way you cut it
You should get some distance if you plan
To take a stand

God bless the house divided
God bless the weeds in the wheat
God bless the lamp lit under a bushel

I discovered hell to be the poison in the well
so I tried to warn the others of the curse
But then my body turned on me
I dreamt that for eternity
My family would burn
Then I awoke with a wicked thirst

instrumental break

By my babyґs yellow bed
I kissed to forehead and rubbed her little tummy
wondering if sheґd soon despise the smell
of the booze on my breath like her mom
through a darkened mirror I have seen
my own reflection
and it makes me want to be a better man
after another drink.

God bless the man at the crossroads
God bless the woman who still canґt sleep
God bless the history that doesnґt repeat.