"Trauma Queen" lyrics

Are we forever destined to be another carbon copy
Forever tainted by the faults of our father's father's father
Can you believe that they were young once
Can you see it in their eyes
The cold husk of the spark that died
The moment you sparked to life

But I don't wanna just survive
Another branch on the family tree
Survive
Another try at a prodigy
Survive
Another try at the life you didn't lead
Survive
Just to be another trauma queen

Maybe it's the demons in our blood
Or the monsters in our heads
Or maybe there's something in the drugs that keeps us crawling back
Beaten and bloodied and begging for more
Knocking on death's front door
How are we ever gonna find our way
Back from the brink we started on

But I don't wanna just survive
Another branch on the family tree
Survive
Another try at a prodigy
Survive
Another try at the life you didn't lead
Survive
Just to be another trauma queen

You're just another dead dream
Just another mouth to feed
Just another try at a prodigy
Another shot at the life you didn't lead
Just another bad seed
Just another notch on the family tree
Just another branch in your tragic legacy
The first heir to the trauma queen

But I don't wanna just survive
Another branch on the family tree
Survive
Another try at a prodigy
Survive
Another try at the life you didn't lead
Survive
Just to be another trauma queen