Hurt People Hurt People. ( Shayne)

Lyrics

Shayne

(Chorus 1)

Hurt people hurt people, now I finally see (finally see)
all that pain they gave got passed to me (passed to me)
I was bleedin’ inside, didn’t know how to heal (didn’t know)
so I turned cold and stopped knowin’ what’s real
Puff puff pssssssss (slow drag)
smoke clouds cover up the past
But no matter how numb I get at night (at night)
that broken pain still live inside

(Verse 1)

Grew up hearin’ scream fights through the walls (every night)
broken bottles shatterin’ down the hall
Learned real young love could turn violent (violent)
silence in the house felt louder than sirens
Mama stressed, everybody angry all the time (all the time)
felt like peace was impossible to find
So when I got older I carried that rage (carried it)
pain trapped deep inside a cage
Started snappin’ on people I cared about (why?)
pushin’ good hearts till they walked out
Whole time I was scared to be abandoned again (again)
so I became cold before they could leave then
That trauma spread through every relationship (every one)
made me toxic when I ain’t mean to hurt shit
And I hate lookin’ back at who I became (damn)
cause hurt people really do pass pain

(Chorus 2)

Hurt people hurt people every day (everyday)
sometimes without even knowin’ they changed
I was drownin’ in emotions I ain’t understand (ain’t understand)
turnin’ pain into poison with these shaky hands
Puff puff pssssssss (blow it out)
all my thoughts drift with the clouds
But smoke can’t erase what’s underneath (nah)
all them scars still livin’ in me

(Verse 2)

I remember county jail late night cold (cold nights)
starin’ at the ceiling feelin’ lost and old
Thinkin’ ‘bout my daughters while I’m locked away (Angel… Alexis…)
knowin’ they was hurt by my mistakes
That guilt hit deeper than tattoos on skin (too deep)
cause they ain’t deserve the life I lived
I missed birthdays, missed laughs, missed years (too much)
while I drowned my pain in smoke and beers
Puff puff pssssssss (another hit)
tryna escape but I stayed trapped in it
Cause every high faded and the hurt came back (came back)
made my whole soul feel cracked
I used to blame the world for who I was (I did)
till I realized pain don’t excuse what it does
And that truth hard when you face yourself (face it)
seein’ all the damage left on everybody else

(Chorus 3)

Hurt people hurt people, that cycle deep (so deep)
passed through bloodlines we supposed to keep
I was raised around anger and emotional scars (scars)
so I carried darkness into every heart
But I’m tired of livin’ life this way (this way)
tired of pushin’ everybody away
Maybe healing start with finally admittin’ truth (truth)
the pain inside been controllin’ you

(Verse 3)

Then she came and changed the way I think (she did)
made me pause before I reached that brink
She looked me in my eyes when I broke down cryin’ (cryin’)
said “baby you ain’t gotta keep hidin’”
Nobody ever spoke that soft to me before (before)
I was used to love slammin’ doors
So when she stayed through my darkest nights (dark nights)
it slowly taught me everybody ain’t alike
Now I’m tryna unlearn survival mode (unlearn it)
tryna let real emotions show
Cause anger was easier than feelin’ weak (facts)
and silence easier than explainin’ grief
But real healing mean facin’ what hurt you most (most)
instead of turnin’ numb like a ghost
And maybe I ain’t doomed to repeat old pain (maybe not)
maybe I can break these chains

(Chorus 4)

Hurt people hurt people, but healed people heal too (heal too)
that’s the lesson life slowly showed me through
I still got scars and trauma in my veins (still there)
still got nights where depression rain
Puff puff pssssssss (deep breath)
still fightin’ demons in my chest
But I’m finally tryin’ to become somebody different (different)
instead of passin’ down all this damage I’m livin’ with

(Verse 4)

Now I sit outside while the rain pour slow (rainfall)
thinkin’ how far I still gotta go
I ain’t proud of every choice I made (nah)
all the hearts I broke from unresolved pain
But I’m finally holdin’ myself accountable (accountable)
instead of actin’ cold and untouchable
Cause people loved me even at my worst (they did)
while I was terrified somebody’d leave first
And if my daughters ever hear this song someday (someday)
I hope they know I’m tryna change
Tryna become the father I should’ve been (should’ve been)
instead of drownin’ in addiction again
Cause cycles only break when somebody decide (decide)
to stop runnin’ and finally heal inside
And maybe that broken kid inside my soul (inside me)
finally learnin’ he worthy of love and growth (yeah)