[Verse 1]
There's memories I'd pay to remove
I'd cut them out myself if that were possible
The kind you cry yourself blind about
The kind that choke you out
Choke you out

[Verse 2]
Had an uncle who was not by blood
Liked to scare all the little girls away
And if you're tenderhearted you should stop the tape
Snap the tape

[Verse 3]
He pulled the heads off of garter snakes
I cried so helpless for those silent creatures
You know I cried so hard I pissed myself
Twistin' away from the horror

[Chorus]
In the tarpit sea
Memories wear thick coats
The kind that pull you down
But in refusin' to drown
You're choked into the shape
Of a sailor
A sailor
[Verse 4]
Deputized by the cruel god of children
No running water in his soul, just a hole
That echoed when he'd call your name from down the hall
His name was a command that cuts the ears off fightin' dogs
Then wipes the knife on his militia pants

[Refrain]
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh

[Bridge]
And he's braggin' all the while
"If I say that black is blue it's blue, black is blue if I say it is"
"Black is blue, black is blue if I say it is"

[Verse 5]
I never wondered what made him that way
Bullies are not born, they're pressed into a form
And I hated those who gave him access to our days
The ones who did nothin'
I still can't love them

[Refrain]
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
[Chorus]
In the tarpit sea
Memories wear thick coats
The kind that pull you down
But in refusin' to drown
You're choked into the shape
Of a sailor
A sailor
A sailor

[Outro]
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh
Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh