Parents

I'm not that close to my parents

They're unaware if I'm doing alright

I joke about life as a child

I force a smile when someone asks why

But now I'm older, can't seem to cry

And I can't call them when I wanna die

Scared to have kids who have my dad's eyes

'Cause they'd look at me like he did all my life

You can't choose your parents

But I'm better off without mine

Some days are harder than others

Thank God for my mother on that day in June

Cautious of history repeating

'Cause sometimes I see him in things that I do

I hate that I wonder what I'd be like

If he'd let me live, 'cause I barely survived

Scared to have kids who have my dad's eyes

'Cause they'd look at me like he did all my life

You can't choose your parents

But I'm better off without mine

Mine, mine, without mine

What would that be like?

Without mine

Wondered my whole life

Without mine

What would that be like?

Without mine

And I keep asking why

You can't choose your parents

But I'm better off without mine