Broke (When I Realized)

The house down the road, all gilded and old

Doe-eyed through the years I watched glad families come and go

But never as glad as mine, or the home that we'd grown

Until now, I'd never longed for that house down the road

As I faced the disappointment of my dug-up kitchen floor

And surrendered to a silence that I could not hear before

Of a love that had come and gone

Decomposed so long ago

I was met with the helplessness of being only 12 years old

The crack in my mother's voice

When he said he would not stay

Fed down into her tired heart

She didn't want him to go away

And the weight of the many tears she shed

Nearly woke me from my bad dream

And I broke when I realized that I was yet to fall asleep

The crack in my mother's voice

When he said he would not stay

Fed down into her tired heart

She didn't want him to go away

And the weight of the many tears she shed

Nearly woke me from my bad dream

And I broke when I realized that I was yet to fall asleep

Oh, I broke when I realized that I was yet to fall asleep