He's just a young boy
He doesn't understand
Why his family's driving off
With some other scary man
The boy sees his father
With his heart broken bad
As they're driving away
And it makes him feel sad
That was the day
Everything changed
And he was scared
His little life rearranged
Just four years old
With no one to protect him
They didn't seem to care
how it would one day affect him
The abuse happened right away
And it only got worse
He was terrified and broken
And it felt like a curse
Nobody seemed to care
At least it felt that way
And for the rest of his life
There'd be a price to pay
They broke his spirit
His body and his heart
Not caring enough to see
That they were tearing him apart
He started acting out
In the usual way
Hurting himself
By trying to make them pay
They told him he was worthless
What a thing to say
They said it was his fault
That he was born that way
And he believed it
Even though it wasn't true
He was too young
To be washed up and through
Now he's empty and alone
His heart has turned black
There's nothing he can do
To get his childhood back
Got into drugs early
And they consumed him fast
Found a way to feel good
And forget the past
Got so loaded
That he didn't have to feel
Thought he won the war inside
But the victory wasn't real
Was sentenced to prison
But that was OK
He had no value
To anyone anyway
Somehow he did it
And he managed to get clean
Found he had a genetic disease
Has to live on a machine
He's a lot older now
and his health is bad
Has a kidney disease
He got from his Dad
What a tragedy it is
To feel the end is near
To not care about a life
That was swallowed up by fear
Now nothing feels right
To him it all feels odd
It feels like he's worthless
Even to God
Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 12:02 PM UTC
He's just a young boy
He doesn't understand
Why his family's driving off
With some other scary man
The boy sees his father
With his heart broken bad
As they're driving away
And it makes him feel sad
That was the day
Everything changed
And he was scared
His little life rearranged
Just four years old
With no one to protect him
They didn't seem to care
how it would one day affect him
The abuse happened right away
And it only got worse
He was terrified and broken
And it felt like a curse
Nobody seemed to care
At least it felt that way
And for the rest of his life
There'd be a price to pay
They broke his spirit
His body and his heart
Not caring enough to see
That they were tearing him apart
He started acting out
In the usual way
Hurting himself
By trying to make them pay
They told him he was worthless
What a thing to say
They said it was his fault
That he was born that way
And he believed it
Even though it wasn't true
He was too young
To be washed up and through
Now he's empty and alone
His heart has turned black
There's nothing he can do
To get his childhood back
Got into drugs early
And they consumed him fast
Found a way to feel good
And forget the past
Got so loaded
That he didn't have to feel
Thought he won the war inside
But the victory wasn't real
Was sentenced to prison
But that was OK
He had no value
To anyone anyway
Somehow he did it
And he managed to get clean
Found he had a genetic disease
Has to live on a machine
He's a lot older now
and his health is bad
Has a kidney disease
He got from his Dad
What a tragedy it is
To feel the end is near
To not care about a life
That was swallowed up by fear
Now nothing feels right
To him it all feels odd
It feels like he's worthless
Even to God
