They Can't Understand

by Emma Gibson

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They Can’t Understand by Emma Gibson

They can’t understand
Why I left
This broken city
It has torn me down
For seventeen years
And I’ve always felt disapproved
By society

Though I have to admit
It was hard
To leave
My only family
To make a difference
And pursue my dreams
With songs like these
I want to give people hope
Even when I feel hopeless
But I have them to keep me up
And stand

They can’t understand
Why I left
My ex-boyfriend in the street
He held me back
From being who I was
And I couldn’t take it anymore
Who cares now

All I can think of was that
It was hard
To leave
My only family
To make a difference
And pursue my dreams
With songs like these
I want to give people hope
Even when I feel hopeless
But I have them to keep me up
And stand

They can’t understand why I left
And ran away from my house
I was feeling lost and really depressed
Since my best friend died
Saying goodbye at the funeral

Made it hard
To leave
My only family
To make a difference
And pursue my dreams
With songs like these
I want to give people hope
Even when I feel hopeless
But I have them to keep me up
And stand

Why do you need to understand my life
When it’s not even yours
Its mine, so stay out of my way
It’s not your story to tell

That it was hard
To leave
My only family
To make a difference
And pursue my dreams
With songs like these
I want to give people hope
Even when I feel hopeless
But I have them to keep me up
And stand

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released January 30, 2017
Thank you Collin, Sam and Josh for participating in this project! and a big thanks to Nick and Aaron for being sound my sound engineers!

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