My father never talked a lot He just took a walk around the block Till all his anger took a hold of him And then he'd hit My mother never cried a lot She took the punches, but she never fought Till she said, "I'm leaving and I'll take the kids" So she did I say, "They're just the ones who gave me life" But I truly am my parents child Scattered 'cross my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered 'cross my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run but I can't hide From my family line It's hard to put it into words How the holidays will always hurt I watch the fathers with their little girls And wonder what I did to deserve this? How could you hurt a little kid? I can't forget, I can't forgive you 'Cause now I'm scared that everyone I love will leave me Scattered 'cross my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered 'cross my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run, but I can't hide From my family line From my family line Oh, all that I did try to undo it All of my pain and all your excuses I was a kid but I wasn't clueless (Someone who loves you wouldn't do this) All of my past, I tried to erase it But now I see, would I even change it? Might share a face and share a last name, but (We are not the same) Scattered 'cross my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered 'cross my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run, but I can't hide From my family line From my family line