Family, your the reason

Family, you're the reason I drink alone

A cold cup sweating beside the phone

I learned to swallow every word

While you defended what you heard

You chose the one who made her afraid

Then called the silence a mistake

I watched her fold beneath your eyes

And you still asked me to take his side

Family, don't ask me to come home

Not while you leave her there alone

You'd rather hold the hand that caused the pain

Than face the truth and speak her name

So I drink alone, I drink alone

Because your love became a loaded stone

She kept her jacket on inside

Like she was ready for the ride

A paper cup, a trembling hand

No one believed what she had planned

You said, “Keep peace, don't make a scene”

As if his anger made him clean

I saw the bruise beneath her sleeve

And heard the lie you chose to believe

Family, don't ask me to come home

Not while you leave her there alone

You'd rather hold the hand that caused the pain

Than face the truth and speak her name

So I drink alone, I drink alone

Because your love became a loaded stone

One day she'll learn the door was open

One day she'll know who left it broken

If you won't stand beside her now

Don't say you loved her anyhow

Family, you're the reason I drink alone

I won't defend what you condone

You'd rather stay with the one who hurt his own daughter

While every promise turns to water

I drink alone, but I won't stay numb

I found my voice, and here it comes

Family, hear me clearly tonight

Protect the wounded, not the lie