You Deserve To Be Happier Than Me

I used to be self-absorbed I only cared how I felt, I only cared how I felt I should have thought about you Your state of mind as well As far as you are involved This is your journey Should be your story I'm just a passenger I'm doing fine But I wanna know more about all of your thoughts and your reflections Your selfless sacrifices, your courageous decisions If there's one other person that deserves to be happier than me It's you mom, are you happier than me It's on you to be happier than me Deep inside I'm as sad as can be If you don't feel as happy as me At our darkest moments you stayed strong and resilient Even though I looked gloomy I never was indifferent I am thankful for your decision because I'm still alive And the worst is behind us today Now we're closing the page of a chapter New life new dreams what we're after With a newfound purpose and a new perspective Seeking freedom like slaves running from the captors Sometimes I still look back to a time Where life was tainted my view was jaded being happy faded Old life we trade it we're done we made it In a more appropriate place, our saving grace My mother and I, as we embrace I may feel reborn, but you deserve it more I was sad back then, but you were for sadder for sure After all, you were a single mother Raising two sons with a dead father In a town with no friends, no stable job No life direction for the helpless fob That's a hardship that deserves a prize You survived the worst, I'll never hear your cries There's a calming peacefulness, happy vibes Now enjoy your life, under blue skies I'm a grown man now, life planned out We press on you gotta understand how Far we've come we've built a better life In a better place with the past erased At our darkest moments you stayed strong and resilient Even though I looked gloomy I never was indifferent I am thankful for your decision because I'm still alive And the worst is behind us today