Alone - Nico Collins

Eight years old and he’s kicking and screaming

«I'll only go to school if you give me a reason

The kids are really mean and I already know all the things they’re teaching»

Hopped in the car mama let him play hookey

Missed the first hour just to get a cup of coffee

She’s the only one who saw who he was, no one else could read him

Showing up late but he makes it to class

Just to stare out the window and the clock in the back

He daydreamed away to a sky so gray

Everything’s simple, it’s driving him mental

Wishing every day that something would change

Instead his dad makes him play ball by the bay

And every time he cries, father rolls his eyes saying

«Son it’s all your fault, how come you never try?»

He does all that he should

Why is he misunderstood?

This is a story bout a broken boy

With his headphones in just to block out the noise

Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

So he walks the world alone

Wondering if it gets better

Or if he’s always gonna feel empty forever

So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

As he walks the world alone