[Verse I]

All he ever wanted was a happy little family
But the household atmosphere was angry by default
They tried to maintain the illusion of living happily
But both of his parents were earnest to a fault
His mom's story was that of rags to riches
And his dad's was of riches to rags
They had opposite changes, but were equally bitter
And he was inadvertantly caught smack in the middle of all that
He knew they kept secrets, but never dared to find out
Assumed that if he left the flames alone, it would die out on its own
Feigned ignorance was the way he coped
They'd keep it together for his sake is what he hoped
Until one day, they came home thunderously mad
And his mother proceeded to pack clothes into her bag
Revealed so many things, it was impossible to start
But he knew that everything had fallen apart


[Hook I]

His faith shattered along with all the family portraits
He couldn't say a word, his vision was distorted
Then his crying mother's sudden question made him quiver
Leave with me now, or stay in here forever
Of course he couldn't choose, for he loved them both equally
Defiant, as if to say that "none of this is real to me"
No way that he'd settle for just half of a home
So he chose to run away on his own


[Verse II]

Holding a cellphone and only 20 bucks
He went over to his homies and asked to stay there
But none of them wanted to be a part of his affair
Nor to have freeloaders in their care
So then he set out to seek self-sufficiency through work
But young with no skills or creds meant he had no worth
Then he tried to sell art for a living
But his second-rate sketches were only good enough for dimes and pennies
His reclusive upbringing came back to bite him hard
He learned what it meant to be filthy and to starve
His father's teachings have always kept him in line
But he'll be damned if he survived without resorting to crime
So he became a thief, but lacking stamina and speed
He was caught easily and got ganged up in the streets
Crawled into an alley, cried alone in the dark
For him, everything had truly fallen apart


[Hook II]

Hungry, bloodied, isolated from help
No words could explain just how pathetic he felt
He wanted to blame God, his parents, or his friends
But in the end, he knew that he could only blame himself
Reached the absolute lowest point of his life
To the point he even questioned what's the point of his life
Wishing to go back to the time before he left
He closed his eyes and waited for death


[Outro]

He woke up, neither dirty nor dead
What seemed like an eternity was was all in his head
Back from limbo, but knowing the hell that awaited
He turned things around before any of that became real
He went back to his home, where his parents were waiting
Set aside their differences and then embraced him
They promised him that it would all work out
Promised it would all work out...