Ghosts in the Album

[Verse 1] The exterior of the maternity hospital The window of the hospital room where my mother was likely hospitalized Me wearing a hand-knitted swaddle And a photo of my mother holding me Photos of me drinking milk My first taste of solid food Me walking in the park Me with my father and our Great Dane Me being photographed at every opportunity It seems I was always at the center of a happy family [Pre-Chorus] The album is filled with my life story Faded family happiness and memories My heart aches every time I turn the page There's no one left to turn the page with a smile [Chorus] A broken family A broken family There's no one at its center A broken family A broken family There's no one at its center (No one is there) (No one is there) [Verse 2] Why did this family fall apart? My parents fought every time they saw each other. They stared each other down, unable to hide the resentment. The mother who used to happily flip through photo albums is nowhere to be seen anymore. Why don't these people separate? They say it's for the money, and for us brothers and me. All I hear is regret and resentment. The atmosphere in the house was always tense. [Pre-Chorus] I wanted to go to a prestigious school, but I couldn't concentrate on studying I listened to rock music voraciously I listened to it morning, noon, night, even while I was sleeping But my father's voice drowned it all out [Chorus] A broken family A broken family There's no one at its center A broken family A broken family There's no one at its center (No one is there) (No one is there) [Bridge] He refused to let me go to private school because we had no money And he took away my music He yelled at me to study instead of wasting time on that His savings disappeared into the hands of other women. I heard he even borrowed money from his friends Countless movies on the CRT screen Deprived of fun and confined to the house, my father continued to show rental videos until late every night A family falling apart along with classic films [Final Chorus] A broken family A broken family There is no one at its center A broken family A broken family There is no one at its center (No one is there) (No one is there)