Atmosphere - Me lyrics

Yeah, the child in the mirror was homely
So he learned early on how
To switch into low key
Little person, observant and accurate
Grew the skills to argue and the
Passion to back it with

Kick over the blocks just to rebuild 'em
His mom and pop used to pop, sound familiar?
Daddy had to leave, but Mama kept hurtin'
So he stepped up to help be
An anchor and a burden

And right around the same time
Started noticin' girls
But they wouldn't pay him any mind
And if they ever did, he got nervous
You shoulda seen him practice on his
Hand for his first kiss

Even though he was too young
To hunt and gather
Hungry puppy had to learn how
To front and swagger
It didn't matter, it was all self-esteem
At sixteen, you only needed one on your team

And mom and dad was
Never getting back together
So he was on some "We
Gonna make it last forever"
Basically married right out of high school
Five years of gettin' high and
Fightin' at a drive-thru

And when he hit twenty-one, they made a son
But on his twenty-second birthday
Their relationship was done
Now he's got a best friend instead of a wife
But he feels like he stole the
Best years of her life

After that
It was one codependent to the next
A lotta love
A lotta hate and a little bit of great sex
Self learning in between the self-loathing
Strangled in a cycle
Can't feel yourself choking

Some of them would overlap
Some of them would double back
None of 'em deserved to be
Exposed to all the trouble that he posed
Strike one? Not even out of fear
He don't even do rough sex
You bite him and he's outta here

Make no mistake he puts the man in manipulate
And he's attracted to the
Women that reciprocate
Y'all can kick karma till
It's gettin' late
Until mama's little drama is the
Topic of the big debate

And now a days the confidence is off the page
'Cause women are attracted to that
Clown on the stage
He's only in town for a handful of hours
But Rapunzel wanna come down and
Dance in the flowers

Wanna make her smile? Wanna make her laugh?
Wanna make up for the mistakes in the past?
Wanna act like he doesn't know better
If payback's a bitch
He'll be in debt forever

Insecure, impatient
Temporary gratification, self-validation
That's what it's made of it's all true
And it's the only reason that
He's even talkin' to you who?

You can try to fix my broken wings
You can know all the words
To the songs I sing
But you don't need to know
What's wrong with me
Unless you think you gonna come home with me

You can try to fix my broken wings
You can know all the words
To the songs I sing
But you don't need to know
What's wrong with me
Unless you think you gonna come home with me

(Come here)
You can try to fix my broken wings
You can know all the words
To the songs I sing
But you don't need to know
What's wrong with me
Unless you think you gonna come home with me

You can try to fix my broken wings
You can know all the words
To the songs I sing
But you don't need to know
What's wrong with me
Unless you think you gonna come home with me