Family Crest Lyrics

I am never safe

This will never be my home

I may know this place

But I'll always be alone

No ties by blood can bind me

To the ground where I was born

I am destined not to find a place where my heart can be stored

No, I am only one

I do what I must to survive

To only come undone

Away from the naked eye

The bridges were long burned

I didn't light the flame

But from what I learned it doesn't matter, I still share a name

A family crest of pure imagination

A marriage chest of daydreams and of dust

My dowry was a sick sad fascination

With making my life into a nightmare

And now I'm begging to wake up

You want to protect

Those who hold our secret shame

Or maybe you detest me

Because I'm stuck here, being soft and strange

I couldn't fit the guidelines

I drew on all the walls

Now maybe you'll admit that only I was here to catch me when I'd fall into our

Family crest of opiate addiction

Our marriage chest of ignorance and blame

My dowry is more of an affliction

I'm living in a nightmare

And the monsters are the men who bear my name

I cannot fault my father for how he was raised

I cannot fault my mother for how she spent her darkest days

I cannot fault my brother for the path he chose to pave

But as much as I love them, I must make my escape

If you want to, stay, but I must flee the cage

Now I have built this place

The reason this foundation stands

Is because I had faith

Trusted myself, stuck to the plan

And now I'm flying freely

My feathers built this nest

Whether I fail or I succeed

I know that I have done my best

My best, my best

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