The walls were cracked, and shadows filled the halls
I hid from screams that echoed every night
My father’s rage, like thunder, always calls
A broken home, with nothing left in sight
The bottles lined the kitchen like a prayer
Gin and vodka whispered in the air
I learned to tiptoe, learned that life’s unfair
While maggots crawled where once we should’ve cared
In the shadows of my youth, I learned to fear
Every bruise, every word, every tear
I was a child in a war I couldn’t fight
Living in darkness, running from the light
The walls would tremble when his voice would rise
Thrown into sheets, my body left to bruise
I’d look for love, but only found goodbyes
A hollow child with nothing left to lose
My mother lost in pills and TV shows
Her silence louder than his drunken rage
I tried to speak, but every time I froze
A child trapped within a crumbling cage
In the shadows of my youth, I learned to fear
Every bruise, every word, every tear
I was a child in a war I couldn’t fight
Living in darkness, running from the light
Now as an adult, I still hear the sound
Of walls that crack and voices that collide
The scars of youth have never left the ground
I carry them, forever locked inside
In the shadows of my youth, I learned to fear
Every bruise, every word, every tear
I was a child in a war I couldn’t fight
Living in darkness, running from the light