You were such a smart kid, so what happened?
You were the golden child, the trophy your parents will hold up to each family friend and brag about your shine.
You were predestined to be the obliterator of our impoverished generational curse,
A divinely preordained plan to save us.
The perfect scores, the fantastic grades, your dozens of extracurriculars
Your patience, your kindness, your warm smile
Oh, our future lawyer, doctor, neurosurgeon, astronaut,
You were everything and now you are nothing.
You were the golden child, the trophy your parents will hold up to each family friend and brag about your shine.
You were predestined to be the obliterator of our impoverished generational curse,
A divinely preordained plan to save us.
The perfect scores, the fantastic grades, your dozens of extracurriculars
Your patience, your kindness, your warm smile
Oh, our future lawyer, doctor, neurosurgeon, astronaut,
You were everything and now you are nothing.
You’re letting yourself slip.
Your crown is scuffed and scratched from the years of struggle.
Your ambition blazed so brightly and died just as quickly.
It scorched your muscles and scratched your throat,
The burnout claws at you like a rabid animal trying to escape a cage it put itself in.
The guilt that burrows in you has made itself home,
The guilt that reminds you that you’ll never live up to who you once were.
Your crown is scuffed and scratched from the years of struggle.
Your ambition blazed so brightly and died just as quickly.
It scorched your muscles and scratched your throat,
The burnout claws at you like a rabid animal trying to escape a cage it put itself in.
The guilt that burrows in you has made itself home,
The guilt that reminds you that you’ll never live up to who you once were.
You have so much wasted potential, it hurts.
You’re spending your days wallowing in your own pathetic self-pity, my child.
You can’t even get up to see what the world has to offer you,
So many missed opportunities you’ll never get back.
Your logic and emotions don’t coincide with each other,
Your aspiration does not match your energy,
You’re a walking husk of the greatness you once were.
You’re spending your days wallowing in your own pathetic self-pity, my child.
You can’t even get up to see what the world has to offer you,
So many missed opportunities you’ll never get back.
Your logic and emotions don’t coincide with each other,
Your aspiration does not match your energy,
You’re a walking husk of the greatness you once were.
So tell me, child,
If you’re so smart, why are you like this?
If you’re so wise, why do you continue to walk in our footsteps?
Are you proud of living in our regretful shadow?
Why do you refuse to succeed?
Will you ever escape your 9 to 5 minimum wage office job?
Or maybe you aren’t such a bona fide genius.
If you’re so smart, why are you like this?
If you’re so wise, why do you continue to walk in our footsteps?
Are you proud of living in our regretful shadow?
Why do you refuse to succeed?
Will you ever escape your 9 to 5 minimum wage office job?
Or maybe you aren’t such a bona fide genius.
