If I could change one thing

It'd be the relationship with my dad

So we could finally get along

Instead of always getting mad

We're both so very stubborn

Our skulls often collide

And there's nothing I can do

To calm the rising tide

I'm always scared of talking to him

A fear I don't want to bear

For fear that he'll start screaming again

And things will get worse for wear

My mother says I should step it up

That I shouldn't be pushed around

To gain the courage to fight him

Courage that I once found

But the courage that I had

That took so long to find

Was useless to me in battle

For it shriveled in my mind

I've tried to stand up for myself

To show him I'm also a man

But I've come to realize

That he'll never understand

He'll never listen to me

He'll only overpower

Fighting with me day by day

Hour after hour

Maybe one day he'll change his ways

And we will get along

But for now, I just want this fighting to end

So I can lose myself in song

Music is my safe haven

Music is my life

The only place I can release myself

From all this fear and strife