Family - Jesse Ruben

I am only nine years old

And I don’t like what I hear

My father on my left

My sister on the steps

My mother in tears

So this is what it looks like when there’s nowhere to hide

This is what it looks like when a family divides

Mother, I see the way you’re standing

Mother, please don’t feel abandoned

Mother, I’ve watched you fall apart

So let us in, let down your guard

Cause loving you has never been hard

And I am almost seventeen

And I’m not sure how to act

We’re staring at the stone

And we’re sitting in rows

And wearing all black

So this is what it looks like when you can’t say goodbye

This is what it looks like when my grandmother cries

Father, I see the way you’re standing

Father, please don’t feel abandoned

Father, I’ve watched you fall apart

So let us in, let down your guard

Cause loving you has never been hard

Today we are both twenty-three

Don’t ever think I don’t care

For all of my boring childhood stories

You were always there

So this is what it looks like to be out on our own

This is what it looks like when siblings are close

Sister, I see the way you’re standing

Sister, please don’t feel abandoned

Sister, I’ve watched you fall apart

So let us in, let down your guard

Cause loving you has never been hard