Alone

Eight years old and he's kicking and screaming

"I'll only go to school if you give me a reason

The kids are really mean and I already know

All the things they're teaching"

Hopped in the car, mama let him play hooky

Missed the first hour just to get a cup of coffee

She's the only one who saw who he was

No one else could read him

Showing up late but he makes it to class

Just to stare out the window and the clock in the back

He daydreamed away to a sky so gray

Everything's simple, it's driving him mental

Wishing everyday that something would change

Instead his dad makes him play ball by the bay

And every time he cries, father rolls his eyes, saying

"Son it's all your fault, how come you never try?"

He does all that he should

Why is he misunderstood?

This is a story 'bout a broken boy

With his headphones in just to block out the noise

Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

So he walks the world alone

Wondering if it gets better

Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

As he walks the world alone

15 years and he's drowning his sorrows

Smoking weed, drinking cheap liquor out the bottle

With a bunch of fake friends 'cause he tried to fit in

But it wasn't working

Ran in with the law 'bout a dozen of times

Nothing too bad, just a few suburban crimes

Still he says to himself

"What are you doing, you don't deserve this

Don't you know nobody will ever understand

The person that you are, learn to hold your own hand

Get your shit together and lose the weight

You'll never be what you want, no, not with that face"

He started writing all of his thoughts on paper,

Realized music made life so much greater

A hundred pounds down, he looks so different now

As he plans his escape from a crooked hometown

He does all that he should

Why is he misunderstood?

This is a story 'bout a broken boy

With his headphones in just to block out the noise

Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

So he walks the world alone

Wondering if it gets better

Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone

21 years and he's on the right path

But sometimes he wonders if he grew up too fast

And missed out on the little things

All of the little things (haha, yeah right)

Who is he kidding? Surely not himself

But sometimes he wonders if there's somebody else

Who takes the same road but he'll never know

'Cause he walks the world alone

This is a story 'bout a broken boy

With his headphones in just to block out the noise

Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

So he walks the world alone

Wondering if it gets better

Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one (Does it get better? Does it get better?)

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone

As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one

Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone (So alone)

Yeah, he walks the world alone