Brother Respite

(Verse One)

I remember when we were young
You would call me a brother
Saying, "Your family's better than mine."
Even though I know it's true
You were using it to
Grab at my sensitivity
My want to help everybody
So I would be comfortable around you
You pulled me in
I tried to resist
Yanking on the chain
Trying to escape
But you reel me in
I'm done with this shit
I'm escaping now

(Chorus)

Just when I think I have made it out
Forgotten about you once and for all
The memoriеs come flooding back in
Telling me, "You must tacklе this in a better way
Than how you have been doing it for years
So speak it out now."

(Verse Two)

I felt a snapping in the link
And now the truth is on the brink
Of being revealed by me
The stuff that my brain hid for years
You know where I reside
No real sense to try and hide
One of these day I will be gone
Hopefully, it won't take long
I'll find a better to
Move on from all the trauma
That you inflicted on me
I am done with all this hell now
Why, you think there's a way to start again?
It ended a long time ago, my friend
I never was a brother
And you were not a friend
You were my enemy throughout my youth
I was just too young to understand

(Chorus)

Just when I think I have made it out
Forgotten about you once and for all
The memories come flooding back in
Telling me, "You must tackle this in a better way
Than how you have been doing it for years
So speak it out now."