Family Crest

I am never safe This will never be my home I may know this place But I'll always be alone No ties by blood can bind me To the ground where I was born I am destined not to find a place where my heart can be stored No, I am only one I do what I must to survive To only come undone Away from the naked eye The bridges were long burned I didn't light the flame But from what I learned it doesn't matter, I still share a name A family crest of pure imagination A marriage chest of daydreams and of dust My dowry was a sick sad fascination With making my life into a nightmare And now I'm begging to wake up You want to protect Those who hold our secret shame Or maybe you detest me Because I'm stuck here, being soft and strange I couldn't fit the guidelines I drew on all the walls Now maybe you'll admit that only I was here to catch me when I'd fall into our Family crest of opiate addiction Our marriage chest of ignorance and blame My dowry is more of an affliction I'm living in a nightmare And the monsters are the men who bear my name I cannot fault my father for how he was raised I cannot fault my mother for how she spent her darkest days I cannot fault my brother for the path he chose to pave But as much as I love them, I must make my escape If you want to, stay, but I must flee the cage Now I have built this place The reason this foundation stands Is because I had faith Trusted myself, stuck to the plan And now I'm flying freely My feathers built this nest Whether I fail or I succeed I know that I have done my best My best, my best Oh