Family Ties Lyrics

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I started off early as a bastard son

Living under porches with a homeless mom

Father got ditched at the age of one

He couldn't keep a job because the drugs were fun

Battling depression guess he had a ton

Scared of his aggression her only choice was run

Another city and a different kind of man

Militant alcoholic with a temper and a firm hand

Got pushy while making demands

Hit her a few times she was taking a stand

Soon after they would add to the family tree

Born of disfunction amongst them like me

Blocking out visions of fights we had to see

Begging for silence neighbors calling the police

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Moving once again away from all the lights

Trees and bright stars a different way of life

Stepfather at bars each and every night

First two D.U.I.'s no sobriety in sight

Marriage falling apart mother hates her life

Served him papers in the yard that the lawyers had to write

Working so hard our world changed that night

Blood clot sent her to E.R. skinny sallow pale and white

A week till discharge no more willingness to fight

Just laid there on the couch wouldn't get up for a bite

A month passed by food and money getting tight

Furnace stalling out tank devoid of fuel to light

Winter weather creeping in cutting wood up to ignite

But everything was green I hope we make it through alright

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Wish that was the end but history repeats

They say I had it good still I sit here in defeat

Stuck inside my head just waiting for release

A fucked up way to live now all my parents are deceased

We can't expect these kids to up and raise themselves

Home lives so diseased get your shit together put their minds at ease

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Family ties tighten like a noose

Promised lies illusions of the truth

Traumatized poisoning my youth

With better times dissolving from the view

Better times dissolving from the view