[INSTRUMENTAL — skipping kick, far piano, pads low] [VERSE 1 — close, gentle] Dad's home from the ward Thursday New pills in a strip of days Doctor says soft food only So I boil pasta to mush He eats it like it's nothing Says "lovely" through the salt I burnt it, he never mentions Fifty years of never mentioning [VERSE 2 — same clip, tighter] He taught me every junction Every junction in this town Now I puree his carrots And he asks me how's the van Like the man who carried fridges Up three flights in the eighties Needs my help with a spoon now It kills him slow, I see it [VERSE 3 — quieter, more space] Found him in the hallway Tuesday Just standing, holding the frame Said he forgot where the loo was In the house he bought in '91 Two men in their socks not crying I said "straight ahead, Dad" He said "I know where the loo is" Then he went the wrong way first [HOOK — warm, sad, wide] Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) I made it how the doctor said Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) Eat up, Dad I made it how the doctor said [INSTRUMENTAL — piano carries the melody, bass soft underneath] [FINAL HOOK — fullest, chops stacked] Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) I made it how the doctor said Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) Eat up, Dad I made it how the doctor said [OUTRO — fragments, tender] Eat up, Dad (eat up, Dad) [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — pads hold, hats fade]
