James Elliott - Life at Twenty-Two [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

If you don’t get this that’s ok,
I forgive you, but get this:
I don’t know what you’ve been through,
But this is about what I went through.
Saw fear in my mom’s eyes when she heard, “The rent’s due.”
I used to watch my dad booze up.
I’m surprised he never threw up.
Threw punches at me though.
I remember vividly, so
These memories won’t let me go...

Trailing off til’ I sleep.
Still won’t see tears on my cheek,
However, hear weakness in the way that I speak.

I used to feel like I was free.
When I was three
Years younger life was funner.
Now I’m stuck and it’s a bummer.
However, eyes transfixed I’ll fix this Summer.
Come Fall, I’ll Rise.
To the Heavenly skies,
but I’ll be alive.
Or cross my heart, hope to die.