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I set the table every night
Smiled the way they liked
Kept my voice down, kept it right
Hoped that maybe this time
They'd see me, really see me
Not the version they designed
But I was never what they wanted
Just a stranger in their eyes
And I kept coming back for more
Like a dog outside the door
Scratching at a love
That never opened up
Dinner table, empty plate
Everybody's full but me
Dinner table, pretty face
Swallowed every word like it was something I deserved
They said I'm stupid, I'm not enough
I ate it up, I ate it up
But hunger doesn't kill you
It just makes you starve in silence
They spoke in knives and called it care
Work harder, be a man
I bent myself into a shape
That fit inside their hands
And every night I'd close my eyes
And pray tomorrow they'd be kind
A boy should never have to beg
For love inside his own home
But I kept coming back for more
Like a flame that loved the cold
Reaching for a warmth
That never held me close
Dinner table, empty plate
Everybody's full but me
Dinner table, pretty face
Swallowed every word like it was something I deserved
They said I'm nothing, I'm not enough
I ate it up, I ate it up
But hunger doesn't kill you
It just makes you starve in silence
Mama, Papa
I was just a kid
Mama, Papa
Did you know what you did?
I didn't need the world
I just needed you
To say"You're good, you're loved"
But you never, never, never did
Dinner table, empty plate
I don't sit there anymore
Dinner table, I'm okay
I learned to feed the boy you left so hungry at the door
You said I'm stupid, I'm not enough