Lyrics: Donna Devine/Music-Arrangement-Guitar: Bobby Clohessy/Vocals: Gerry Casey/Bass: Andy Gupta/Drums: Todd Kane/Mix-Production: Nick Testa
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The idea for this lyric/song began to germinate after I'd read a quote from the British actor/author Peter Ustinov. He wrote: "Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth." Food for thought indeed...
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Sharpen Our Teeth on Your Bones
(v1)
We take no prisoners, feel no compassion
Make you accountable, mercy’s no option
Hold you to promises you broke long ago
When you ruled with false power, but we didn’t know
Chorus
We’re children rising up
Coming into our own
Bent on retribution
We want restitution
We’ll sharpen our teeth
On your bones
(v2)
Nobody warned us life was a battle
You hated each other, trapped us in the middle
You gave us no weapons, so we’ve fashioned our own
Anyone sinned against, we will cast the first stone
Chorus
We’re children rising up
Coming into our own
Bent on retribution
We want restitution
We’ll sharpen our teeth
On your bones
Instrumental solo
(v3)
No parental control, we had a latchkey
Video console games, teenage ADD
Crouched in our darkness, frightened and alone
Now we are angry, we’re coming after your bones
Bridge
Ritalin solution, no absolution
Offspring revolution
Chorus
We’re children rising up
Coming into our own
Bent on retribution
We want restitution
We’ll sharpen our teeth
On your bones
Repeat chorus
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