Mama this world ain’t what you said it was
It’s cold and it’s cold and it ain’t getting warm
The one I once knew is long dead and gone
I don’t know, I don’t know a goddamn thing for sure
I keep fucking up even when I’m doing my best
Keep running away from things that aren’t even there
I can’t sleep cause I’m scared of the back of my head
It’s like living with a brain hardwired to hurt itself
Still getting scared and I don’t know what of
Looked everywhere but I can’t find my soul
You keep showing me ways and I keep getting lost
Cause none of them seem to be leading home
Mama I don’t wanna look back one day
And see nothing but a bitter man
Life wasted away, overcome with pain
A part of him has lived, but most of him wasn’t there
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