《Bloodlines》 【Verse 1】 They try to use my family, pull the strings around my life, In every waiting room, in every fear of surgery nights. I worry for my parents while I’m breaking from the pain, Two battles at the same time running wild inside my brain. Tell me—who could ever know the torture I’ve sustained? 【Pre-Chorus】 I’m their firstborn, their hope, their pride— Raised to stay close, to stay by their side. But these abusers aren’t my blood, So why should they demand my love? My parents gave me breath and light— There’s no reason they should lose that right. 【Chorus 1】 We’re two sons, and I came first, eight years before my brother. So it’s my vow to stand by them, no matter what, no other. I’ll take them to the clinic—don’t care what people think. The abuser said I owed them, but I stopped and asked them straight: “Did you raise me? Give me life? Teach me wrong from right?” If you’re not my parents—why should I give up my freedom or my life? 【Verse 2】 They twist my love for family, try to trade it for my fate, In every doctor’s hallway, where the fear begins to suffocate. I tremble for my parents while enduring threats and dread, A storm that hits my heart long before it hits my head. Tell me—who could ever bear the things I’ve heard them said? 【Pre-Chorus】 I’m their firstborn, their hope, their pride— Raised to stay close, to stay by their side. But these abusers aren’t my blood, So why should they demand my love? My parents gave me breath and light— There’s no reason they should lose that right. 【Chorus 2】 We’re two sons, and I came first, eight years before my brother. So it’s my duty to protect them like no one else will ever. I’ll walk them into surgery—don’t care how strange it seems. The abuser tried to claim me, but I told them what is truth: “You didn’t raise me, didn’t teach me, didn’t give me youth.” If you’re not my parents—why should I lose my life for you? 【Final Verse】 If I let the abuser stand where my parents ought to be, Then I’d betray the ones who loved and sacrificed for me. To watch them fall because of lies would tear my soul apart— Tell me, is that filial piety… or fear within my heart? 【Final Chorus】 There’s a promise in a son who stays beside his parents’ side, Through every test, through every scar, through every trembling night. Who else could take my place or carry what I bear? Despite the years of torture, I still choose to be there. Let the abusers judge me—I don’t owe them anything, Because they are not my parents. They are not my parents.
