[Intro]
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.”
Ernest Hemingway (a farewell to arms)
This is the unauthorized autobiography...
[Verse 1]
My entire life spans from a one-night stand
Cuz I wasn’t quite planned and he wasn’t the right man
To be a father, he couldn’t be bothered
Turns out it takes more than pen and ink to be an author
It’s like clockwork, when things get awkward
Seems free drinks and (clear throat) was all he’s got to offer
So he hits the road and she lifts the load
But as the kiddo grows, you know he missed what’s owed
It quickly shows with no male role model
Riding older boys coattails full throttle
Off to Colorado at the age of eight
Days stayed the same way despite the change of state
I’d take the bait to bite hook, line, and sinker
With a look no hands approach, like goodbye to my five fingers
As time lingers on, it’s little better except that
Next to my step dad’s where moms rests her head at
[Hook]
Each time I'm broken it leaves me bleeding wide open
Sliced deep as the ocean, so sneak a peek in live motion
These be my emotions, spoken hopeful in the end
Cuz even the deepest wounds soon tend to mend again
Each time I’m broken it leaves me bleeding wide open
Sliced deep as the ocean, so sneak a peek in live motion
These be my emotions, spoken hopeful in the end
Cuz even the deepest wounds soon tend to mend again
[Verse 2]
Moms chooses to move our single-parent unit
New mister plus two sisters, I soon cling to their influence
Then foolishly group with a crew of truant students
Who just knew that school was stupid and that all the rules were useless
Music and o.e., kicked back to smoke weed
Hit that, homie, jump in to something with both feet
Big splash, roach clips supposed to hold us close-knit
But if that twenty’s finished, then it’s over, the rope slips
Hopeless, lonely, and ridiculed
The picture is pitiful and me only in middle school
Little individual stuck up against the whole world
Plus brother’s husky, so trust me there’s no girls
Adjusted ugly and struggled with this mug-piece
Cuz sticking my neck out and nose in left me stuck deep
Another rough week, moms knew the phrases well
Never got enough sleep, cuz she was raising... me
[Hook]
Each time I'm broken it leaves me bleeding wide open
Sliced deep as the ocean, so sneak a peek in live motion
These be my emotions, spoken hopeful in the end
Cuz even the deepest wounds soon tend to mend again
(hopefully, you’ll grow to see, the broken me, through poetry.)
Each time I'm broken it leaves me bleeding wide open
Sliced deep as the ocean, so sneak a peek in live motion
These be my emotions, spoken hopeful in the end
Cuz even the deepest wounds soon tend to mend again
(hopefully, you’ll grow to see, the broken me, through poetry.)
[Verse 3]
God I thank you for the two men who left
Because they taught me how to be one who stays
And God I thank you for the two men who left
Because they brought me where I speak from today
Got a lot more to say as we fast forward eight
Years, to clear my slate from the past stored away
Forgave the first, because nobody is born to hate
But sort of late making both words and thoughts coordinate
Once our story’s straight, we dropped defenses
Doors that father’d locked were knocked off their hinges
Not to mention, step-pops copped an interest
Then the tendency eventually lost its senses
Caught with vengeance when lust lit the wick
Up to jump ship and hit them skids quick
Dismissed the distance numbed specifics
Strictly business from snippets of its existence
Vicious until this wisdom sank in
Left with regret, didn’t get to thank them
For the man I am to Meghan, the faith, the patience
And the banquet they miss when what they break mends
[Outro]
I’m broken, broken, broken wide open
Broken, broken, broken wide open
Broken, broken, broken wide open
I’m broken, i’m broken
Broken, broken, broken wide open
Broken, broken, broken wide open
Broken, broken, broken wide open
I’m broken, i’m broken
