grew up with a lonely heart
presents under the tree
but no love in the house
makes you wonder who you are
close your eyes to sleep
with mothers tears on your cheeks
bright tomorrows never seem to come
the better days stay hidden away

someday i’ll find something
i can’t live without
but i ain’t seen nothing up to now

wake up on the winter days
the fire glowed
but the house was cold
birthday candles count the years we lost
out the door i ran so far
away from what waited at home
black eyes don’t break your heart
but they hurt your pride

someday i’ll have something
i can’t live without
but i haven’t had nothing up to now

fourteen lost the year i left
i stood tall and said we could always be
but dreams are made of glass
sometimes the softest shove
gonna make them crack
these hands seem so strong
but when you put hate in your heart
i couldn’t hold on

someday there’ll be someone
i can’t live without
but i don’t have them right now

i watch the fire burn
falling asleep feeling all grown up
the one’s that love me now
they can’t see
me breathing in the memories
of faded walls in an empty house
two black eyes
the taste of mothers tears
makes you wonder who you are