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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