Unboxing Lyrics: 5sos Edition *ALBUMS ONLY*

Broken Home

Written By: John Feldman, Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Luke, Calum and Michael

Genre: Acoustic Pop

Lyrics and Their Meaning:

They would yell, they would scream, they were fighting it out

Her parents were not working out well

She would hope, she would pray, she was waiting it out

And she knew what was coming however, she prayed that it didn't happen

Holding on to a dream

Holding onto that image of a perfect family

While she watches these walls fall down

While she watches it all crumble down

Sharp words like knives, they were cutting her down

Sharp words were being said about her (OR she was harming herself because of what her parents were saying about her)

Shattered glass like the past, it's a memory now

Shattered glass was her happy memories with her family

Hey mom, hey dad

Self explanatory

When did this end?

How did you end up here?

Where did you lose your happiness?

What happened to that love that you shared for one another?

I'm here alone inside of this broken home

I'm here caught up in between your fights

Who's right, who's wrong who really cares?

Who cares about all of these past events?

The fault, the blame, the pain's still there

It doesn't matter who you blame, you're still hurting her

Wrote it down on the walls, she was screaming it out

She wrote it out, sharing it with her parents and screaming at them

Made it clear, she's still here, are you listening now?

They never understood that this affected her too so she made it clear that she wanted to be heard. 

Just a ghost in the halls

Her former self was a ghost now

Feeling empty, they're vacant now

Making her feel empty because her parents broke up and now her house is empty

All the battles, all the wars, all the times that you've fought

She's been through so much because of you

She's a scar, she's the bruises, she's the pain that you brought

She's your scares, pain and the bruises that you have brought upon your family

There was life, there was love

There was something there, maybe love? 

Like a light and it's fading out

But it was like a lightbulb,  eventually it will burn out

You've gotta let it go, you're losing all your hope

Let go of this stupid, petty fight. You're putting pressure on me

Nothing left to hold, locked out in the cold

I've got no support system and now I'm locked out, stuck in a rainy day

You painted memories then washed out all the scenes

We made memories together and now the rain has flooded them out

I'm stuck in between a nightmare and lost dreams

And I'm stuck in between, a nightmare and lost hope for you

Yay or Nay: A sad YAY...

What It Reminds Me Of: This is the struggle that goes on behind the scenes of a divorce. I have been in this place, however my parents never really got divorced, they saw the pained look on my sister and I's faces and got back together. It is hard on people, especially young girls due to so much social pressure they're put under. Sometimes you have to be selfish and say 'hey I'm here too!'