The Family Tree
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I trace the branches back to where the story's been
Saw echoes of the people who tried but couldn't mend
My mother learned to swallow all the things she felt
Her father taught her silence was the only way to help
And I grew up thinking love was something hurt
A fragile flame that flickered with every lesson learned
But when I look behind the pain
I see children hiding in their shame
Every wound that shaped their hands
Came from someone who didn't understand
The family tree and me
Carrying the weight of what we couldn't see
Broken roots, old truths
Pass like shadows through the living room
But the cycle ends with me
I'm learning who I'm meant to be
In the family tree and me
I see it clearer now
I see it clearer now
I picture them as children with their trembling hands
Trying to build a world with tools they didn't understand
No one showed them how to give a gentle word
They spoke the language of the pain they had inherited
And here I am with the chance to change the frame
To plan a kinder future with a different name
So I gently break the chain
Not with anger but with grace
I hold the child in me
And let the branches rearrange
The family tree and me
Carrying the weight of what we couldn't see
Broken roots, old truths
Pass like shadows through the living room
But the cycle ends with me
I'm learning who I'm meant to be
In the family tree and me
Clearer now
Clearer now
I'm not here to blame the ones who came before
I'm just turning locks on long forgotten doors
Every heart was young, once scared, once small
Once trying to survive the storms that shaped us all
Mmmm
I plant my feet beneath the leaves
Let the future breathe through me
The family tree and me
Carrying the weight of what we couldn't see
Broken roots, old truths
Pass like shadows through the living room
But the cycle ends with me
I'm learning who I'm meant to be
In the family tree and me
The family tree
Grows differently in me