I’m breaking too
When dad left you suffered
Like I’ve never seen you do
Fighting back angry tears
As you broke the news
Told us earlier that week
That granddad was ill
Even though we knew it wasn’t true
We went with it still
Fighting back and grasping tears
Trying out my own head
Watching you struggle too
Made it all lose sense
I’d never seen you cry
Now that’s all I see you do
Fighting back my anger inside
To stay strong for you
When dad left I couldn’t feel
Like there was nothing I could do
Cause although you were struggling
I was struggling too
Euan never spoke a word
He thought it was a joke
And suddenly I realised
I was watching him break too
Now I’m lying on my floor
Figuring out what to do
As I cry myself to sleep
Knowing it’s all true
No one wants to believe the things
They know are the truth
But when someone else says it
It make it’s all come through
Dad cheated and lied
And torn up the walls I knew
The structure and reality came crashing through
My family was breaking but I was breaking too
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