Dysfunctional

Verse

I came into the world with a crack in my smile,

Doctors’ lights, hospital halls, learned to be brave as a child.

They said I was different before I could speak,

Stitches and mirrors teaching me who I’d be.

Love felt fragile, like glass in my hands,

Learning silence early, trying to understand.

Bridge

My mother looks through me, sees his face instead,

Every word unspoken hanging over my head.

I want her arms, but she freezes in place,

Like loving me means reopening pain she can’t face.

Chorus

I’m not broken, I was born this way,

I carry the echoes of what they couldn’t say.

If I look like the past she’s running from,

That doesn’t make me the damage he’s done.

I’m still here, even when love feels thin,

Trying to belong in the skin I’m in.

Verse

My big sister’s anger fills up the room,

Like there’s no air left for me to breathe through.

The younger ones turned away before they knew my name,

I’m a stranger in a house that shares my bloodline.

I learned how to be lonely in a crowd of my own,

Built a heart out of questions, learned to stand alone.

Chorus

I’m not broken, I was born this way,

I carry the echoes of what they couldn’t say.

If I look like the past she’s running from,

That doesn’t make me the damage he’s done.

I’m still here, even when love feels thin,

Trying to belong in the skin I’m in.

Bridge

My mother looks through me, sees his face instead,

Every word unspoken hanging over my head.

I want her arms, but she freezes in place,

Like loving me means reopening pain she can’t face.