Nico Collins - Alone
[00:02.45] Eight years old and he's kicking and screaming
[00:05.37] "I'll only go to school if you give me a reason
[00:08.02] The kids are really mean and I already know
[00:10.68] All the things they're teaching"
[00:13.61] Hopped in the car, mama let him play hooky
[00:16.52] Missed the first hour just to get a cup of coffee
[00:19.18] She's the only one who saw who he was
[00:21.85] No one else could read him
[00:25.02] Showing up late but he makes it to class
[00:27.68] Just to stare out the window and the clock in the back
[00:30.61] He daydreamed away to a sky so gray
[00:33.53] Everything's simple, it's driving him mental
[00:36.18] Wishing everyday that something would change
[00:39.10] Instead his dad makes him play ball by the bay
[00:42.02] And every time he cries, father rolls his eyes, saying
[00:44.68] "Son it's all your fault, how come you never try?"
[00:48.67] He does all that he should
[00:50.52] Why is he misunderstood?
[00:53.18] This is a story 'bout a broken boy
[00:55.57] With his headphones in just to block out the noise
[00:58.78] Of everyone around him telling him the way to go
[01:02.76] So he walks the world alone
[01:05.15] Wondering if it gets better
[01:07.27] Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever
[01:10.22] So he gets lost tryna find another way back home
[01:13.94] As he walks the world alone
[01:17.92] 15 years and he's drowning his sorrows
[01:21.37] Smoking weed, drinking cheap liquor out the bottle
[01:24.30] With a bunch of fake friends 'cause he tried to fit in
[01:26.70] But it wasn't working
[01:29.89] Ran in with the law 'bout a dozen of times
[01:32.28] Nothing too bad, just a few suburban crimes
[01:35.73] Still he says to himself
[01:37.06] "What are you doing, you don't deserve this
[01:41.31] Don't you know nobody will ever understand
[01:43.43] The person that you are, learn to hold your own hand
[01:46.90] Get your shit together and lose the weight
[01:49.56] You'll never be what you want, no, not with that face"
[01:52.48] He started writing all of his thoughts on paper,
[01:55.42] Realized music made life so much greater
[01:58.34] A hundred pounds down, he looks so different now
[02:00.73] As he plans his escape from a crooked hometown
[02:04.71] He does all that he should
[02:06.57] Why is he misunderstood?
[02:09.51] This is a story 'bout a broken boy
[02:11.90] With his headphones in just to block out the noise
[02:15.09] Of everyone around him telling him the way to go
[02:19.07] So he walks the world alone
[02:21.47] Wondering if it gets better
[02:23.59] Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever
[02:26.51] So he gets lost tryna find another way back home
[02:30.23] As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one
[02:34.74] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one
[02:37.67] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone
[02:41.65] 21 years and he's on the right path
[02:46.16] But sometimes he wonders if he grew up too fast
[02:49.09] And missed out on the little things
[02:51.48] All of the little things (haha, yeah right)
[02:54.95] Who is he kidding? Surely not himself
[02:57.62] But sometimes he wonders if there's somebody else
[03:00.28] Who takes the same road but he'll never know
[03:04.53] 'Cause he walks the world alone
[03:06.12] This is a story 'bout a broken boy
[03:08.78] With his headphones in just to block out the noise
[03:11.70] Of everyone around him telling him the way to go
[03:15.41] So he walks the world alone
[03:18.09] Wondering if it gets better
[03:20.21] Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever
[03:23.41] So he gets lost tryna find another way back home
[03:25.26] As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one
[03:29.24] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one (Does it get better? Does it get better?)
[03:34.56] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone
[03:38.01] As he walks the world alo-o-o-o-o-o-one
[03:42.53] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-one
[03:45.18] Alo-o-o-o-o-o-ooone (So alone)
[03:49.43] Yeah, he walks the world alone
