My life line

A punchy hip-hop beat with dramatic violins for a pre-[Intro — soft piano melody, quiet fade in]

(Yeah)

(Just listen)

(Course)

You have no idea what ive been through,

You have no idea what it has taken, to get here in this life. So shut the fuck up and back the fuck off befor you make me pop and set me off

Twenty-two homes in three years, I was just a kid

Moving from door to door, wondering where I fit

By age six, finally in a place I thought was home

But in a Native family, I still felt all alone

The outcast at the table, the outcast in the halls

Just a quiet kid with big ears and glasses ten feet tall

Thick frames, no charm, I didn't know the game

Wanted a friend but they didn't know my name

Found one, then lost them, the only one who saw

So I turned to music and work, I ignored my flaws

Always took the hard road, never took the easy way

Just a lonely heart hoping for a brighter day

(Course)

I’m just trying to make it out alive

Trying to keep my spirit and my soul alive

Through the foster homes, the heartbreak, the pain

I’m still searching for a little bit of sun through the rain

No one gave a damn, but I kept on moving

Still searching for something that’s worth proving

(Course)[Verse 2 — deeper emotion, agressive]

By twelve, I was dealing, felt like there was no other way

Just a kid in over his head, every single day

High school brought the ridicule, I was just the dweeb

Rejection at every corner, just a seed they wouldn't feed

Bottle it up inside, the depression started to creep

Late nights, tear-stained pillow, I couldn't even sleep

Thought about ending it, just wanted to let it go

But something in my chest wouldn't let the fire slow

Joined the army at eighteen, straight out of the gate

Only had my music degree and a uniform on my plate

Left the army, construction for twenty-two years

Now two years homeless, just facing all my fears

I’m just trying to make it out alive

Trying to keep my spirit and my soul alive

Through the foster homes, the heartbreak, the pain

I’m still searching for a little bit of sun through the rain

No one gave a damn, but I kept on moving

Still searching for something that’s worth proving

(Course)

Failed at love twice, failed as a father too

Now I’m stuck in a rut, don't know what to do

A drug habit that’s killing me, slowly every day

I just want to get out, wash this life away

Settle down with what’s left, but nobody cares

They don't see the struggle, they don't see the tears

Wither away in the shadows, that’s what I fear

But I still look for the positive, year after year

This is my story, a crazy, wild ride

From the foster system to the dark inside

But I’m still here, still breathing, still trying to see

A better way for a man like me

(Course)

Still here

Still trying

One day at a time

Yeah, one day at a time