Six years old in a broken home Empty bottles on the floor Mama left without a warning Walking out the door Daddy lost inside his demons Anger in his veins Sirens, shouting, shattered silence Childhood filled with pain Then a stranger took my hand Said “Son, you’ll be alright” For the first time in my life I slept through the night I was just a kid trying to survive In a world that never played fair Lost in the dark for a thousand nights But somebody showed me care When the world fell down again And the pain wouldn’t end I almost lost myself in the rain But somehow I found my way again He was more than just a foster home He became my guiding light Taught me how a dad should love Showed me wrong from right But the cancer came like thunder Took the ground from under me The man who helped me find my life Became a memory So I ran from all the pain Tried to drown it in the smoke Every bad choice that I made Was a heart that had been broke I was just a kid trying to survive In a world that never played fair Lost in the dark for a thousand nights But somebody showed me care When the world fell down again And the pain wouldn’t end I almost lost myself in the rain But somehow I found my way again Running from house to house Trying to outrun my past Every door that closed on me I thought would be my last But deep inside a voice said “Your stronger than the pain” And step by step through broken roads I found myself again I was just a kid trying to survive Through the storms I had to face Every scar that lives in me Is a map of every place That I’ve been and where I’m going Through the fire and the pain I was lost for so damn long But I found my way again Six years old in a broken home But I’m stronger than I’ve ever been.
