my father never talked a lot
he just took a walk around the block
til all his anger took a hold of him
and then he'd hit
my mother never cried a lot
she took the punches but she never fought
til she said i'm leaving and i'll take the kids
so she did
i say they're just the ones who gave me life
but i truly am my parents child
scattered cross my family line
i'm so good at telling lies
that came from my mother's side
told a million to survive
scattered cross my family line
god i have my father's eyes
but my sister's when i cry
i can run but i can't hide
from my family line
it's hard to put it into words
how the holidays will always hurt
i watch the fathers with their little girls
and wonder what i did to deserve this
how could you hurt a little kid
i can't forget i can't forgive you
cause now i'm scared that everyone i love will leave me
scattered cross my family line
i'm so good at telling lies
that came from my mother's side
told a million to survive
scattered cross my family line
god i have my father's eyes
but my sister's when i cry
i can run but i can't hide
from my family line
from my family line
oh all that i did to try to undo it
all of my pain and all your excuses
i was a kid but i wasn't clueless
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all of my past i tried to erase it
but now i see would i even change it
might share a face and share a last name but
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scattered cross my family line
i'm so good at telling lies
that came from my mother's side
told a million to survive
scattered across my family line
god i have my father's eyes
but my sister's when i cry
i can run but i can't hide
from my family line
from my family line
