I spent sixteen years, standing still
Bending to another's will
Go where you're told, follow the drill
Lived with a dad, but lived alone
We had a house, but never a home
Lived in every part of town, but never knew a neighbor
A cup of sugar not borrowed has no flavor
That town's residence doesn't know neighborly
But their bitterness is almost savory
My home is as ugly as they treated me
Nobody there ever really needed me
Never needed or wanted
I was the one forgotten
Even though the cracks are showing,
I'm gonna focus on where I'm going
It may have always beaten me down
But I'm better than my hometown
I was the best there at never being there
Around, but seen right through
Bullied by those who didn't see me true
The blue table that once held my food tray
Hosted me, the only lonely little cliche
Opportunity knocked on my door,
When my dad time it was time to move
But sinkholes did what sinkholes do
And I got pulled back in
My home is as ugly as they treated me
Nobody there ever really needed me
Never needed or wanted
I was the one forgotten
Even though the cracks are showing,
I'm gonna focus on where I'm going
It may have always beaten me down
But I'm better than my hometown
Now, where have I gone?
I've left it all behind
I've escaped the town that was my cage
Gaining my freedom, growing in age
When I drive there, make a grand return
Hit the city limits, my stomach churns
I'll never know that feeling again
Because I'm never coming back
I'm going on in my life, like an open road
Never again will I be slowed
My home is as ugly as they treated me
Nobody there ever really needed me
Never needed or wanted
I was the one forgotten
Even though the cracks are showing,
I'm gonna focus on where I'm going
It may have always beaten me down
But I'm better than my hometown

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Songs I Wrote
PuisiHere are some songs I wrote. The ones that end in (Old Song) are ones I wrote when I was 14. They're not all that good, but I thought it'd be cool to have my old songs here alongside my new ones. I think it shows how much I've changed and improved...