"FAMILY" lyrics

Mother, don't let go
I'm trying more than you know
Father, don't leave home
I'm begging for a family

Thought that we were better than this
I thought of cutting my wrist
I thought that God would've stepped in now, but

Eight years old
In the other room
I hear screams and shouts
An impending doom
And I rush in just to look at you
But you don't stop
What am I to do?

I'd give all I have, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it
Let's stay home and laugh, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it

Mother, don't let go
I'm trying more than you know
Father, don't leave home
I'm begging for a family

All alone and broken
Choking on regret
It's just bickering, but it's loud
It's just screaming, will it give out?

It's just family things
What I tell myself
I got no one else
So no one can help

Look at me when I look at you
What you see in me
I don't see in you
I see pain inside you
But I'm young, I try to

Lighten the mood
But it's dark in June
It's Seattle, so
Every day's a moon
Well, no wonder
I write songs to cover

Thought that we were better than this
I thought of cutting my wrist
I thought that God would've stepped in now, but

Eight years old
In the other room
I hear screams and shouts
An impending doom
And I rush in just to look at you
But you don't stop
What am I to do?

I'd give all I have, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it
Let's stay home and laugh, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it

Mother, don't let go
I'm trying more than you know
Father, don't leave home
I'm begging for a family

It's normal
We're normal
They'll stay together, for us
I'm normal
You're normal
You won't believe it if I

Leave
You here alone
Blocking out your telephone
You keep calling and it's
All appalling

Grieve
You're left alone
Blaming us when it's all you've known
You're the problem
That you're never solving

Mother, don't let go
I'm trying more than you know
Father, don't leave home
I'm begging for a family

Thought that we were better than this
I thought of cutting my wrist
I thought that God would've stepped in now, but

Eight years old
In the other room
I hear screams and shouts
An impending doom
And I rush in just to look at you
But you don't stop
What am I to do?

I'd give all I have, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it

Let's stay home and laugh, but
You don't want it
You know you don't want it

Mother, don't let go
I'm trying more than you know
Father, don't leave home
I'm begging for a family