When the ones you love
Don't love each other
You start to wonder
If a broken home would be better

I sit on my bed and
Listen to them fight
Don't know what they said
But I know that nothing's right
I asked if they would stay together
Little did I know I'd be
Unhappy with whichever
She said "I dont' know Kat
But this isn't how it's supposed to be
No matter what, he should be
There for you and me.
I don't want you to be like this
When you grow up"
I wondered why the hell
It was okay for her to be stuck.

Why people can't fix their lives
When things don't go as planned
Looks from others that can break your heart
Because they've never felt it first hand
These are the things I don't understand.

She'd be the one
The cheer you up
If you were feeling
Used, beaten down, or fed-up
She'd gone to church
For her entire life
To have it end 'cause of
An idiot with a knife
But why should he care about some girl
He was desperate for money
To preserve his world
Well, it's nice to know he thought
Her life was worth twenty-two bucks
Cause it's not like
A mother's needed that much
Just another story on the
Six o'clock news
But you're just as bad
As he is if you ask "What's the use?"

Close your eyes and turn your head
If you can't bear the pain
But how can you just look away
When their lives go down the drain
These are the things I can't explain
The things I don't understand.