part 2 - neighbor fist fight

[start] so-so-so i broke the lock and pulled the damn door open he was in the bathroom, 'bout to take a piss i told him "go on up the stairs" "and by the way, my name is crissy" he just looked at me and said "my name is chris" i said "so we got the same name?" he said "no... not the same" i said "what the hell, are you insane?" he just stared and said "are you insane?" i said "you're a mess, 'chris', but you ain't me" he said "but i'm still chris. and i'm the real chrissy" i just said "the real chris??" he turned and walked away, headed for the stairs so i followed him right up the stairs i grabbed him by his fuckin hair i took him off the stairs he tried to get away but i wasn't lettin' him escape so i took him to the street i threw him in the street he got back on his feet he tried to run from me he tried to get away [pause] but i wasn't lettin' him escape [verse] so i put him in a headlock, i felt his neck pop he tried to pull that "i got a child and a wife" shit just a weak-ass line so i pulled the "i'm his dad" line "stay still son or get your head cracked" i heard someone yell, "this fight is dumb as shit" heard someone yell, "this fight is dumb as shit" [verse] then a cop showed up, said "what's all this?" i said, "officer, this dude says he's chrissy" he said, "so what?" i said, "so i'm chris" the cop looked at us both said, "you look the same" chris said, "we're not the same, he's insane" i said, "i'm not insane, you're to blame" the cop said, "both of y'all are insane" then chris took off runnin' down the street and the cop just watched him didn't move his feet i said, "aren't you gonna chase him?" he said, "nah" i said, "why not?" he said, "i'm tired, and this is odd" [verse] [intensifying] i went back to the house, the door was unlocked i walked in saw pictures of me all over the wall but they weren't of me they were taken in the fall, a time i know i was never there at all [verse] [intense] found a basement door i hadn't seen before so i went down the stairs [vocalist: stressed, building] there were forty-four... ...pictures of chris, and pictures of me pictures of people i'd never even seen all with the same face, the same damn birthmark same everything then i heard a voice speak from the dark [vocalist: cold whisper] "you weren't supposed to find this" [verse] turned around, there was another chris i said, "how many of us exist?" he said, "too many to list" said, "we're all experiments from when we were kids" i said, "that's bullshit" he said, "no, it's not, and here's the twist... ... your mom ain't gone, she's running this" [verse] went back home, the door was open wide i walked around started lookin' through her stuff found a bunch of files hidden in a drawer all had my name on 'em my birthday, and more pictures of me that i'd never seen before from when i was four from when i was born then i heard some footsteps on the porch it was chris he came back with like four other dudes who all looked just like me i said, "what the fuck this supposed to be?" he said, "we need to talk" [pause] and they all walked in i said, "y'all better start explainin'" [verse] then we both just stopped, we were out of breath i said, "this is stupid" he said, "yeah" we sat on the curb, didn't say nothin' for a minute just... quiet then he said, "you wanna get some food or somethin'?" i said, "yeah... i'm hungry" so we walked down to the diner sat down, ordered burgers didn't really talk about it the waitress came over, lookin' at both of us (just act normal) said, "y'all twins?" we said, "nah" she said, "y'all look the same" we said, "we know" then she just walked off, and we just sat there (just act normal) he said, "so what do we do now?" i said, "i don't know, man, this is weird" (what is normal?) he said, "you think we got more brothers out there?" i said, "probably... who knows" (just act normal) we ate our food, it got real quiet and when we finished, i said, "so you wanna hang out sometime?" (what is normal?) he said, "nah... this is too weird for me" i said, "yeah, you're probably right" (just act normal) so we both paid the check and walked out he went left i went right i never saw him again but sometimes i still think about that night (just act normal) [bridge] i heard someone yell, "this fight is dumb as shit" 'this fight is dumb as shit" heard someone yell, "this fight is dumb as shit" [outro spoken] this song is for anyone who has had a loved one struggle with something that you can't understand.