Ideal Blues

[Verse 1]

When I was growing up,

In my youthful days

Told what to believe,

In what my family assumed

The ideal life would be

They believed, no guidance,

No accountability,

Is what their father's fought to get

That people need to know their place

That property was above prosperity

And looking around nowadays,

I can't help but think,

How defeating that is

[Chorus]

To think that the world, being on fire

Is the dream that my father fed me

Hidden behind silver linings

And promises that were always empty,

Told to keep our chin up

To look at the brighter side of reality,

When the only hope we see

Is the light at the end of the tunnel

And we all know

What that means,

[Verse 2]

Love equaled servitude

To the one they deemed suitable for you

What choices did I have?

Without a family to care for me

What should I have done?

When they never wanted me,

Why should I have to fight?

To be wanted in a place I didn't ask to be

It doesn't make sense to me,

If love's unconditional,

Then why are you conditioning me

Believing that I'm supposed

To be under you

Unable to breathe

Cause you won't get off of me

[Chorus]

To think that the world, being on fire

Is the dream that my father fed me

Hidden behind silver linings

And promises that were always empty,

Told to keep our chin up

To look at the brighter side of reality,

When the only hope we see

Is the light at the end of the tunnel

And we all know

What that means,

[Bridge]

I've given up too much,

Just for someone to be proud of me

I dealt with more than enough,

Still, no one truly sees me

A ghost in a painting

Lost in the sea of faces,

So far gone

You probably can't recall the details

Of the person you tossed away,

Left out in the rain

Cold and on their own

Lost inside the storm

Trying to find a home,

[Final Chorus]

*soft spoken singing with whispered ending*

To think that the world, being on fire

Is the dream that my father fed me

Hidden behind silver linings

And promises that were always empty,

Told to keep our chin up

To look at the brighter side of reality,

When the only hope we see

Is the light at the end of the tunnel

And we all know

What that means,