broken boy

When you were sixteen you lost everything

Watched as they lived out your deepest fantasy

Left you behind, quietly seething

Swore to yourself, "One day that'll be me"

Locked yourself away in a cage

And you bled yourself out every day

It was killing you but you never strayed

Said you might die young but go out in a blaze

Small town boy with a pipe dream

And now you're almost thirty

And you hang your head in shame 'cause you

Cannot believe what your life has come to

You gave this everything you had

And now you're just a shell of a man

And I hope

That you fix what you broke

You said you're a joke

Need to fill that hole

You chase that white whale all your life

The only thing that you do right

You don't know how to stop the fight

You made yourself a sacrifice

You traded all your hope and joy

And now you're just a broken boy

When you met me you gave up on everything

All your faith in yourself and humanity

Down with the ship, slowly sinking

Tied to the mast for your final journey

When you met me it was like a breath of air

The cage was open and I was there

A life where you didn't have to suffer

Just be loved and be my lover

You felt like you were sixteen

Before you lost yourself to the dream

Got a glimpse of life with me

And that's enough for you to stop chasing

But now it's not a pipe dream

And it looks like it'll be reality

And you hang your head in shame 'cause you

Cannot believe that you're forced to choose

I gave this everything I had

But now you're just a boy in a band

And we came so close

Almost fixed what they broke

You said I'm your home

And I gave you hope

You've chased that white whale all your life

The first time ever it was out of sight

But when you saw it from the corner of your eye

You threw me over as a sacrifice

Tossed me aside like an opened toy

But I can't be mad at a broken boy

No I can't be mad at a broken boy