[Verse]
Hand-me-down shoes holes in the soles
Mama can’t pay rent wind through the walls
Empty fridge grumbling ghost of a feast
World keeps turning never feeling relief
[Verse 2]
Streetlights flicker shadows dance alone
Cold nights warmth found in a broken home
Trashcan fires dreams turn to ash
Life ain't gentle with a heart made of glass
[Chorus]
Why's the world so heavy on the weak and small
Climbing broken ladders always about to fall
Screaming at the sky with no one to hear
Living out a nightmare more real every year
[Verse 3]
Pockets empty hunger in my soul
Chasing paper dreams just to lose control
Sweat and blood stains on hands of a kid
Tired feet dragging through the life I never lived
[Bridge]
Seated in darkness plans with no ends
Hope’s a tattered fabric can't make amends
Reality’s a cage bars cold as steel
Freedom’s just a word dreaming something real
[Chorus]
Why's the world so heavy on the weak and small
Climbing broken ladders always about to fall
Screaming at the sky with no one to hear
Living out a nightmare more real every year