and the cruelest trick of all
is that i was right all along.
I thought I'd outgrow those foolish fears
But you showed me I wasn't wrong
if there's a gene for happiness*
then i didn't get it.
Mom & dad, you might as well forget it
I was never really yours.

I tell myself It's as common as divorce
Stop the pity, stop the pain
But it's different because it's me
and like a child
I cry again

So I shall live my own life
if I can
it's so much better
to be free - alone again