Stole My Childhood

[Verse 1]
I was only twelve
Hand-me-down shoes, cracked phone shell
Cartoons on, but the room smelled wrong
Door slam, raised voice, something felt
Like the whole sky
Caved into my small bed
Kitchen plates flying over my head
I learned every creak in the hallway floor
So I could breathe, still pretend I was bored
[Chorus]
I was just a kid
You tore the pages out my story
Ripped the color from my skin
Turned my playground into war, yeah
You took, you took, you took
Every soft and stupid dream I had
Stole my childhood, left me mad
And you still call it love (what a joke)
[Verse 2 – Rap]
Yeah, candy on the counter, fist on the table
Fairy tale flicks on the broken cable
Blood on the knuckles, bruise on the brain
Brush it with a joke, laugh through the pain
“You’re so mature,” yeah, that was the trick
You made me your shield, made me grow up quick
Homework, housework, hide every tear
I learned how to lie, “everything’s fine here”
[Chorus]
I was just a kid
You tore the pages out my story
Ripped the color from my skin
Turned my playground into war, yeah
You took, you took, you took
Every soft and stupid dream I had
Stole my childhood, left me mad
And you still call it love (shut up)
[Bridge]
Now you wanna talk like it’s all “back then”
But that little ghost still sleeps in my chest
You say “we did our best,” I say “you never did”
You got to be the monster
I had to be the kid
[Chorus]
I was just a kid
You tore the pages out my story
Ripped the color from my skin
Turned my playground into war, yeah
You took, you took, you took
Every soft and stupid dream I had
Stole my childhood, I want it back
And I’ll never call that love (never again)

rap, Aggressive pop-punk / rap hybrid with male vocals: palm-muted guitars and tight live drums under the verses, 808 drops on the rap parts, then huge distorted power chords and gang shouts on the hook. Energy starts tense and coiled, erupts into a shout-along chorus, then a half-time bridge with filtered vocals before a final, explosive outro chorus., pop, pop punk