A life unlike mine

a newborn baby boy, wakes up in his mothers arms

her warm embrace on his smiling face

everything is how it should be

everything is in it's right place

father comes home from work, heated up

mother tries to cool him down

makes him so cold that he freezes to death

and blows up so he doesnt drown

sees baby crying, feels himself dying

but only to himself he's lying

nine year old kid, walks to school today

looking at the flowers and children at play

when they go home, it isn't the same

he just wants to play their game

to go home to superman, and wake up to mom

but his house is armed like a bomb

the normal story that's all he wants

and cries at the other kids taunts

he starts to rebel in his own way

not seeing the fault of their mistakes

takes out the pain and tries to replace

but you cant fill the void of something that was never there

floating through the air, thoughts uncertain

remained hopeful, the truth he kept searchin'

nineteen years old, i guess you call him a man

but he's barely that, acts as old as he can

still a youthful kid playing t-ball in a uniform

now the cops in uniform tell him to conform

all his life he's been told who he is

who he was, what he wants, how to live

and now he has the chance to think for himself

but his own brain has become his downfall

no longer looking down the spiral hall

back to square one after just one day

depressed and hating himself in every way

but he'll never let you know

i guess it goes to show

maybe if you live your life slow

you'll just find out where to go