Childhood Dreams

**Verse 1**

Yo, I grew up in a house, wrapped in judgment's grasp,

Where love was just a semblance, and joy was a fleeting gasp.

A family built on masks, preachin’ purity and grace,

But when it came to real connection, it felt more like a race.

Every offer of comfort felt like chains around my soul,

Promises of peace twisted into the bitter toll.

I carried their affections like a weight I couldn't shed,

While they turned their backs, I fought to keep the fire fed.

**Chorus**

Wishing for a path where love’s not cloaked in fear,

Where healing isn’t lost in endless, silent tears.

If only you could glimpse the child beneath my scars,

Longing for a touch, but I’m buried beneath these bars.

Where compassion shatters silence, and shadows turn to light,

Could've seen the truth of love, could've learned to hold it tight.

Yet here I stand, just searching for a spark in all this pain,

Clutching onto dreams of family that never came.

**Verse 2**

Dad, your thunder roared like storms, your pride a jagged wall,

Posturing for respect while I crumbled with each call.

You claimed you did your best, but your heart was nowhere near,

Like a giant in the shadows, I shivered under fear.

You wielded your own pain like a weapon for your rage,

While I was just a child, trapped within your cage.

Mom, where were you to guard me from the chaos, the despair?

You stood and watched me struggle, suffocating in your glare.

**Chorus**

Wishing for a path where love’s not cloaked in fear,

Where healing isn’t lost in endless, silent tears.

If only you could glimpse the child beneath my scars,

Longing for a touch, but I’m buried beneath these bars.

Where compassion shatters silence, and shadows turn to light,

Could've seen the truth of love, could've learned to hold it tight.

Yet here I stand, just searching for a spark in all this pain,

Clutching onto dreams of family that never came.

**Bridge**

When my brother whispered wanting to escape that pain,

I held him close, shared my lies, but inside, felt the strain.

Swore that things would shift, while my heart began to break,

Knowing deep within, the truth was a costly stake.

Feeling like a traitor, standing up for those who harm,

Caught in twisted allegiances, buried in false charm.

**Verse 3**

The hardest truth hit me, it wasn’t all despair,

Justifying all the hurt, clinging to the love laid bare.

Telling myself I earned it, that I drove them to that edge,

Protecting all the monsters, while I walked on broken ledge.

But deep beneath the scars, I still crave love’s embrace,

That vision of a family, where we all find our place.

Could we turn the page, rewrite the ending we’ve known?

To learn the purest form of love, to turn pain into home.

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