Post by Katrina on Aug 21, 2005 13:54:44 GMT 1
This is a one-parter although i may add another part sometime in the future.
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I turn on my video camera and position myself in front, this is going to be the hardest thing I ever do.
Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you
said
“Mummy, daddy, I love you more than anything in the world but you’re making my life hell. You’re making me sad and I don’t wanna live like this no more”
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done
my family
“Little Alex cries in my room at night, he wishes he was never born and I wish the same. You’ve ruining us and our lives”
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave
“I’ll be better Mummy. I won’t argue and I won’t fight back. I’ll do my homework on time. Just please let’s be a normal family”
Daddy please stop yellin, I can’t stand the sound
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
its true
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love
you, too
“You both mean so much to me and I can’t imagine life with out you together, I want it like normal just without the arguing”
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have
no choice, no way
It ain’t easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen
I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my
family
“I run away most days, I go down by the canal, its quiet and free from pain then I come home and it all comes back”
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t
leave
“Mummy, I’ll babysit Alex and I’ll clean my room. Just Daddy please stay at home with us, and I promise to do those things”
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
let’s play pretend, let's act like it comes
naturally
“It’ll be a game just like we played with my dolls. Mummy, daddy, me and Alex, the perfect family”
I don’t wanna have to split the holidays
I don’t want two addresses
I don’t want a step-brother anyways
And I don’t want my mom to have to change her
last name
“I don’t want to have to go through these things, and Alex, it’ll break his little heart. You two are meant to make life easy so why are things so damn complicated”
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
we look pretty normal, let's go back to that
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, act like it goes naturally
“The portrait that hangs in the lounge is just part of the game, us smiling. Why can’t life really be like that, tell me mummy dear?”
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do
anything)
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
“I’m your daughter, your eldest child and yet you let me go through this. You let me see this pain and hurt and never notice my tears”
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
don’t leave us here alone
“Today you left Daddy and took you bag with you. Today you broke this family and no glue will stick it back. You’ve broken my heart daddy and it will never fix”
Mom will be nicer
I’ll be so much better, I’ll tell my brother
Oh, I won’t spill the milk at dinner
I’ll be so much better, I’ll do everything right
I’ll be your little girl forever
I’ll go to sleep at night
“Just turn back and bring your bag and give me one last night with smiles. I’ll keep my promises, I promise you I will, just come back Daddy because we need you”
I sit closer to the camera so that only my face can be seen
“I am Samantha-Elizabeth Lauren Woodson, born November 1st 2005, today is December 26th 2020, just like I’ve promised today I will go to sleep, and tomorrow when I wake up I’ll be with my dream family” with that I click off the video camera and take the video downstairs and put in on the coffee table with for the eyes of ‘Georgina and Ronald Woodson” on the label. With that I grab my back pack filled with old dictionaries, it’s so heavy but I don’t care. I leave the house, not even caring that I slam the door, with the heavy bag on my bag I run towards the canal, the place where I have found so much peace and happiness. I get to the canal and stand by the edge, watching the murky green water rippling with the soft wind. I gently step forward and then jump in. with the weight of the bag, I slowly begin to sink and all my sadness and trouble slip away and blackness takes over, soon I’ll be with the family in the portrait, the people who smile and hug, the people who I belong with.
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the lyrics are Pink's Family Portrait
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I turn on my video camera and position myself in front, this is going to be the hardest thing I ever do.
Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you
said
“Mummy, daddy, I love you more than anything in the world but you’re making my life hell. You’re making me sad and I don’t wanna live like this no more”
You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done
my family
“Little Alex cries in my room at night, he wishes he was never born and I wish the same. You’ve ruining us and our lives”
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
leave
“I’ll be better Mummy. I won’t argue and I won’t fight back. I’ll do my homework on time. Just please let’s be a normal family”
Daddy please stop yellin, I can’t stand the sound
Make mama stop cryin, cuz I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
its true
I know that she hurts you, but remember I love
you, too
“You both mean so much to me and I can’t imagine life with out you together, I want it like normal just without the arguing”
I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Don’t wanna go back to that place, but don’t have
no choice, no way
It ain’t easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen
I don’t want love to destroy me like it did my
family
“I run away most days, I go down by the canal, its quiet and free from pain then I come home and it all comes back”
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t
leave
“Mummy, I’ll babysit Alex and I’ll clean my room. Just Daddy please stay at home with us, and I promise to do those things”
In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
let’s play pretend, let's act like it comes
naturally
“It’ll be a game just like we played with my dolls. Mummy, daddy, me and Alex, the perfect family”
I don’t wanna have to split the holidays
I don’t want two addresses
I don’t want a step-brother anyways
And I don’t want my mom to have to change her
last name
“I don’t want to have to go through these things, and Alex, it’ll break his little heart. You two are meant to make life easy so why are things so damn complicated”
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
we look pretty normal, let's go back to that
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, act like it goes naturally
“The portrait that hangs in the lounge is just part of the game, us smiling. Why can’t life really be like that, tell me mummy dear?”
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do
anything)
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
naturally
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
in our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don't
leave)
“I’m your daughter, your eldest child and yet you let me go through this. You let me see this pain and hurt and never notice my tears”
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
shining star?
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
Daddy don’t leave
don’t leave us here alone
“Today you left Daddy and took you bag with you. Today you broke this family and no glue will stick it back. You’ve broken my heart daddy and it will never fix”
Mom will be nicer
I’ll be so much better, I’ll tell my brother
Oh, I won’t spill the milk at dinner
I’ll be so much better, I’ll do everything right
I’ll be your little girl forever
I’ll go to sleep at night
“Just turn back and bring your bag and give me one last night with smiles. I’ll keep my promises, I promise you I will, just come back Daddy because we need you”
I sit closer to the camera so that only my face can be seen
“I am Samantha-Elizabeth Lauren Woodson, born November 1st 2005, today is December 26th 2020, just like I’ve promised today I will go to sleep, and tomorrow when I wake up I’ll be with my dream family” with that I click off the video camera and take the video downstairs and put in on the coffee table with for the eyes of ‘Georgina and Ronald Woodson” on the label. With that I grab my back pack filled with old dictionaries, it’s so heavy but I don’t care. I leave the house, not even caring that I slam the door, with the heavy bag on my bag I run towards the canal, the place where I have found so much peace and happiness. I get to the canal and stand by the edge, watching the murky green water rippling with the soft wind. I gently step forward and then jump in. with the weight of the bag, I slowly begin to sink and all my sadness and trouble slip away and blackness takes over, soon I’ll be with the family in the portrait, the people who smile and hug, the people who I belong with.
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the lyrics are Pink's Family Portrait