Artist: Eminem f/ Nate Ruess Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Song: Headlights Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Nate Ruess] Mom, I know I let you down And though you say the days are happy Why is the power off, and I'm fucked up? And mom, I know he's not around But don't you place the blame on me as you pour yourself, another drink, yeah [Chorus: Nate Ruess] I guess we are who we are Headlights shinin in the dark night I drive on Maybe we took this too farrrrrr [Eminem] I went in head-first, never thinkin 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 from you to be calm, our house was Vietnam Desert Storm, and both of us put together could form an atomic bomb equivalent to chemical warfare, and forever we can drag this on and on But, agree to disagree, that gift for me up under the Christmas tree don't mean shit to me, you're kickin me out? It's 15 degrees and it's Christmas Eve, "Little prick just leave!" Ma, let me grab my fuckin coat Anything to have each other's goats, why we always at each other's throats? Especially when dad he fucked us both, we're in the same fuckin boat You'd think that it'd make us close (nope) further away it drove us, but together headlights shine and 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 changeable And to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though - but [Chorus] [Eminem] Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though Cause you ain't even get to witness your grand-babies grow But I'm sorry momma 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 makin jokes That song I'll no longer play at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio And I think of Nathan bein placed in a home and all the medicine you fed us and, how I just wanted you to taste your own But, now the medication's taken over, and your mental state's deterioratin slow And I'm way too old to cry, the shit is 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 bear, 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 fuck my deadbeat dad was Fuck it, I guess he had trouble keepin up with every address But I'da flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactus Owned a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas Someone ever moved them from ME? That you coulda bet your asses if I had to come down the chim-i-ney dressed as Santa Kidnap 'em, and although one has only met their grandma once, you pulled up in our drive one night as we were leavin to get some hamburgers Me, her and Nate, we introduced you, hugged you and as you left I had this, overwhelmin 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 bein 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 'fore I'm dead, the stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt, I guess we're crashin So if I'm not dreamin, I hope you get this message that I will always love you from afar - cause you're my ma [Chorus] [Nate Ruess] + (Eminem) I want a new life (start over) one without a cause (clean slate) So I'm comin home tonight (yeah) well no matter what the cost And if the plane goes down, or if the crew can't wake me up Well just know that I'm alright; I was not afraid to die Oh even if there's songs to sing, well my children will carry me Just know that I'm alright; I was not afraid to die Because I put my faith in my lil' girls so I'll never say, goodbye cruel world Just know that I'm alright; I am not afraid to diiiiiiie [Chorus] [Nate Ruess] I want a new life