Family Business

Been so caught up in the drama in the life we're living
Wrote this song to paint a portrait of my pain so vivid
Bet this song will have my mama call, she's probably livid
Airing out the family business, hope that I'm forgiven
Past few years we grew as people, but grew more in distance
Probably losing all touch if I hadn't been persistent
No longer fearing all the blows of what the future brings
'Cause I know I've felt the heartbreak when the phone don't ring
And we only see each other like once a season
And treat picking up the phone like we need a reason
Held a grudge against my father and blamed him for leaving
I was wrong, consoled my mom like only she was grieving
Hurt on both sides
A family divide
Torn apart from the inside
Don't judge my siblings for taking it to the b-line
Just shadows creeping all alone within a haunted house
So many fights we forgot just what we'd been daunted about
Stuck with chores, I set the plates, friends can wait
Dinner time was family time, the fighting would fade
And for an hour, we would laugh and our world felt stable
Who knew years later I would kill for a place at that table

Keep it in the family
Keep it in the walls
Sweep it under rugs
And soak it into floors
Just pushing my limits
It's none of my business
Keep it inside
Keep it at home
Keep it ignited
With nowhere to go
Stuck right in this
It's the family business

I thought my sickness would have brought us back
Second chance was dad having that heart attack
Its so sad it had to come to that
But we're stuck within our ways, I guess its this til our graves
See, I could buy a tonne of notebooks and fill every page
See you face to face, have nothing to say
Ain't it funny, things get sunny and yet still we wanna cling to the shade
Lost so many years to all of this rage
But we held it together
Or thats how it seemed
I bottled it up until I might bust at the seams
I'm saying my part, an artist's heart on his sleeve
What good's an open book if it ain't worth it to read?
We share more than just blood, we share the pain when we bleed
The blood that pump our hearts as we march to the beat
We shared from the start, so we gonna share this defeat
We've fallen apart, but I still love every piece
I love you with me

Keep it in the family
Keep it in the walls
Sweep it under rugs
And soak it into floors
Just pushing my limits
It's none of my business
Keep it inside
Keep it at home
Keep it ignited
With nowhere to go
Stuck right in this
It's the family business

You say (keep it in the family)
You can (keep it in the walls)
I watch you (sweep it under rugs)
I see you (soak it into floors)
You tell me (keep it inside)
You watch me (keep it at home)
I try to (keep it ignited)
But i got (nowhere to go

I set on fire when you left me alone
I kick through ashes, the rubble and the bones
We got a business, of shut lips
We got a business of not talking about it
I set on fire when you left me alone
But combustion's a must do
If you're burning a short fuse
I'm alive but you left me alone