Broken Home

[Verse 1: Presence]

Heartbroken from abuse in her past

She's got deep wounds and no way to relax

Because

Her anxiety inflicted from her parents is still lingering inside of her mind

She can't count all the times

That they would beat her

Completely mistreat her

And when she’s screaming out for help, ain’t nobody believe her

Because

On the outside, her family looked perfect

They would smile for the cameras

Walk inside and switch person

They were

Everything that every family wished to be

They had money, had kids, and most of all had peace

At least

That’s what it looked like to everybody looking in

But inside, there was abuse that was covered by makeup on her skin

[Chorus: Gremlin]

Uh

Stuck inside a broken home, and she don’t have a choice

You can never see it, but you hear it in her voice

Sleeping with some boys 'cause she wants to feel the void

But love’s a battlefield, and the missiles will deploy

Put these scars up on her skin for all the ones who never stayed

She just wants the love that her father never gave

But now she’s doing drugs, and she’s lost inside her ways

Oceans of emotions drowning under tidal waves

[Verse 2: Presence]

And now she’s tryna swim to the surface

But she’s so blinded by depression that she’s feelings uncertain

If she should even keep on going

Or just let it all go

Forget the swim up to the top

Instead just drop the floor

But she hangs on and pushes 'til she can see the light

She’s still a long way from fine, but she's still choosing to fight

Because despite the fact that she grew up the way that she did

She loves herself more than she hates her dad even in the midst

Of all the trauma that he brought her that still lingers today

Because she realizes that she’s the only one that can save

Herself from everything that’s going on inside of her mind

And so she hangs on despite all of the difficult times

[Chorus: Gremlin]

Uh

Stuck inside a broken home, and she don’t have a choice

You can never see it, but you hear it in her voice

Sleeping with some boys 'cause she wants to feel the void

But love’s a battlefield, and the missiles will deploy

Put these scars up on her skin for all the ones who never stayed

She just wants the love that her father never gave

But now she’s doing drugs, and she’s lost inside her ways

Oceans of emotions drowning under tidal waves