[ti:Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess)] [ar:Eminem] [al:The Marshall Mathers LP2] [00:00.07]Headlights (feat. Nate Ruess) - Eminem [00:13.37]Mom, I know I let you down [00:17.30] [00:18.92]And though you say the days are happy [00:21.73] [00:22.23]Why is the power off, and I'm fucked up? [00:26.03]And mom, I know he's not around [00:30.40] [00:31.46]But don't you place the blame on me [00:35.15]As you pour yourself another drink [00:38.89] [00:39.83]I guess we are who we are [00:42.86] [00:46.11]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on [00:50.16] [00:52.73]Maybe we took this too far [00:56.84] [00:58.84]I went in headfirst [00:59.77]Never thinking about who [01:01.40]what I said hurt, in what verse [01:03.08]My mom probably got it the worst [01:04.77]The brunt of it, but as stubborn as we are [01:07.08]Did I take it too far? [01:08.33]Cleaning out my closet and all them other songs [01:10.39]But regardless I don't hate you cause ma! [01:12.38]You're still beautiful to me, cause you're my mom [01:15.31]Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Vietnam [01:18.37]Desert Storm and both of us put together can [01:20.43]form an atomic bomb equivalent to Chemical warfare [01:22.99]And forever we can drag this on and on [01:25.23]But, agree to disagree [01:26.80]That gift from me up under the Christmas tree [01:29.29]don't mean shit to me [01:30.35]You're kicking me out? It's 15 degrees [01:31.72]and it's Christmas Eve (little prick just leave) [01:33.54]Ma, let me grab my fucking coat, [01:35.03]anything to have each other's goats [01:36.65]Why we always at each others throats? [01:38.40]Especially when dad, he fucked us both [01:40.02] [01:40.71]We're in the same fucking boat, [01:42.08]you'd think that it'd make us close (nope) [01:43.76]Further away that drove us, [01:45.01]but together headlights shine, [01:46.01]a car full of belongings [01:47.63]Still got a ways to go, back to grandma's [01:49.88]house it's straight up the road [01:51.19]And I was the man of the house, the oldest, [01:52.88]so my shoulders carried the weight of the load [01:54.54] [01:55.61]Then Nate got taken away [01:56.61]by the state at 8 years old, and [01:58.18]That's when I realized you were sick [01:59.79]and it wasn't fixable or changable [02:01.98]And to this day we remained estranged [02:03.60]and I hate it though, but [02:04.73]I guess we are who we are [02:07.86] [02:11.17]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on [02:15.66] [02:18.03]Maybe we took this too far [02:21.84] [02:24.71]Cause to this day we remain estranged [02:26.53]and I hate it though [02:27.96]Cause you ain't even get to witness your [02:29.84]grand baby's growth [02:31.02]But I'm sorry mama for Cleaning Out [02:32.77]My Closet, at the time I was angry [02:34.51]Rightfully maybe so, never meant [02:36.01]that far to take it though, cause [02:37.76]Now I know it's not your fault, [02:39.25]and I'm not making jokes [02:40.75]That song I no longer play at shows [02:42.50]and I cringe every time it's on the radio [02:44.68]And I think of Nathan being placed in a home [02:47.18]And all the medicine you fed us [02:48.62]And how I just wanted you to taste your own, but [02:50.68]Now the medications taken over [02:52.68]and your mental states deteriorating slow [02:55.23]And I'm way too old to cry, [02:56.60]that shit's painful though [02:58.04]But ma, I forgive you, so does Nathan yo [03:00.22]All you did, all you said, [03:01.78]you did your best to raise us both [03:03.53]Foster care, that cross you bare, [03:05.09]few may be as heavy as yours [03:06.83]But I love you Debbie Mathers, [03:08.39]oh what a tangled web we have, cause [03:10.27]One thing I never asked was [03:11.77]where the fuck my deadbeat dad was [03:13.64]Fuck it I guess he had trouble [03:15.20]keeping up with every address [03:16.82]But I'd have flipped every mattress, [03:18.26]every rock and desert cactus [03:19.81]Own a collection of maps and [03:21.69]followed my kids to the edge of the atlas [03:23.31]Someone ever moved them from me? [03:24.94]That you could bet your ass's [03:26.43]If I had to come down the [03:27.87]chimney dressed as Santa, kidnap them [03:29.86]And although one has met their grandma [03:32.23]Once you pulled up in our drive one night [03:34.60]as we were leaving to get some handburgers [03:36.60]Me, her and Nate, we introduced you, hugged you [03:39.03]And as you left I had this overwhelming [03:41.53]sadness come over me [03:43.09]As we pulled off to go our separate paths, and [03:45.52]I saw your headlights as I looked back [03:47.46]And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to [03:49.45]thank you for being my Mom and my Dad [03:51.71]So Mom, please accept this as a tribute [03:53.82]I wrote this on the jet [03:55.07]I guess I had to get this off my chest, [03:57.00]I hope I get the chance to lay it before I'm dead [03:59.50]The stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt, [04:01.44]I guess we're crashing [04:02.57] [04:03.33]So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you this message [04:06.25]that I'll always love you from afar [04:08.69]Cause you're my mama... [04:09.68]I guess we are who we are [04:12.25] [04:15.64]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on [04:19.70] [04:22.44]Maybe we took this too far [04:27.18]I want a new life [04:28.56] [04:29.43]One without a cause [04:32.18] [04:32.99]So I'm coming home tonight [04:35.61] [04:36.36]Well no matter what the cost [04:38.92] [04:39.66]And if the plane goes down [04:42.85]And if the crew can't wake me up [04:46.03]Just know that I was alright [04:48.78] [04:49.34]And I was not afraid to die [04:52.02] [04:53.08]Even if there's songs to sing [04:56.20]My children will carry me [04:59.44]Just know that I'm alright [05:01.32] [05:02.44]I was not afraid to die [05:05.68]Because I put my faith in my new girl [05:09.37]So I never say goodbye cruel world [05:12.49]Just know that I'm alright [05:14.36] [05:15.48]I am not afraid to die [05:19.79] [05:21.53]I guess we are who we are [05:24.34] [05:27.65]Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on [05:31.71] [05:34.02]Maybe we took this too far