DNA

Verse 1

I look in the glass at my face.

I see your bad mood in its place.

You gave me your eyes and your fear.

You yell when I come anywhere near.

We stand in the room and we fight.

It happens each day and each night.

Chorus

It is a sad DNA, the guarantee.

You hate your own self, so you hurt me.

We have the same blood, but we change.

The way that you love me is strange.

We share the same bone and same name.

But I will not play in your game.

Verse 2

You stay on your side of the floor.

I pick up my keys at the door.

I do not want this war to stay.

I think it is best I go away.

The past is too heavy to hold.

This house is too quiet and cold.

Verse 3

You act like the child, I act like the mom.

We don't know who's wild and don't know who's calm.

A kid who grows up much too fast.

A parent stuck deep in the past.

Verse 4

I sit on the steps in the dark.

I wish we could find a new spark.

But you only know how to hide.

And I only know my own pride.

We do not know how to be kind.

We leave all the good things behind.

Verse 5

I walk down the street in the rain.

To wash off the dirt and the pain.

I see other homes with bright light.

Where people do not have to fight.

I want a new life on my own.

Away from the seeds you have sown.

Bridge

Can we ever just sit and be still?

Or will we just fight 'til we're ill?

I did not pick how I was made.

I watch as the old memories fade.

Outro

No more noise.

No more carrying your weight.

I will change my own fate.

Yes, it is our DNA guarantee.

But the rest of my life belongs to me.