My father never talked a lot He just took a walk around the block Till all his anger took a hold of him And then he'd hit My mother never cried a lot She took the punches but she never fought Till she said, I'm leaving and I'll take the kids So she did I say they're just the ones who gave me life But I truly am my parents' child Scattered across my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered across my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run but I can't hide from my family life It's hard to put it into words How the holidays will always hurt I watch the fathers with their little girls And wonder what I did to deserve this How could you hurt a little kid? I can't forget, I can't forgive you Cause now I'm scared that everyone I love will leave me Scattered across my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered across my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run but I can't hide from my family life From my family life Oh, all that I did to try to undo it All of my pain and all your excuses I was a kid but I wasn't clueless All of my past, I tried to erase it But now I see, would I even change it? Might share a face and share a last name But we are not the same Scattered across my family line I'm so good at telling lies That came from my mother's side Told a million to survive Scattered across my family line God, I have my father's eyes But my sister's when I cry I can run but I can't hide from my family life From my family life