Out in this cruel world there are ways that aren’t fair
My dad, he warned me how hard the times could get
My mother, she punished me when I shrugged off his lessons
Never thought I needed to be guarded by someone else’s mistakes
That was my innocence going, now it’s nothing more than gone
With the world so out of tune there’s no such thing as strong
There’s a piece of my heart left untouched
It’s my father’s pride and my mother’s love
Such a strange combination for me to now know
That this is who I am, not of the world
Just completely of my own
They made me stronger than I ever realized back then
My brother, he toughened me up and gave me confidence
My sister, she showed me, through her pain, how to treat women
At the time I just thought that daily routine was so unbecoming
That was my innocence going, now it’s nothing more than gone
With the world so out of tune there’s no such thing as strong
There’s a piece of my heart left untouched
It’s my bother’s protection and my sister’s lessons
Such a strange combination for me to now know
That this is who I am, not of the world
Just completely of my own
There’s a piece of my heart left untouched
And it’s waiting to be loved by someone I don’t even yet know