No Place Like Home

(As it is said--I heard this first from my thoughtful ex-fianceé--hell is made for children. There is no hell like home)

So alone, so cold
Within these four walls
I can walk out the door
I can walk out of this life
But I’ll never be free
Something draws me back
Back to this disguised prison
Bound by time
Bound by blood
There truly is, no place like home

Dear sister,
How can you put a price on yourself?
Dear mother,
Do you run from daddy’s hand?
Dear brother,
Why did you have to leave us so soon?
Dear God,
Hell could be no worse than this

So lost, so afraid
Of what tomorrow brings
I want to know hope
I want to know true love
But I cannot find it here
Where "family" is nothing but a dream
I’m still grasping for your ideals
Drowning in fear
Drowning in pain
There truly is, no place like home

Blood and sweat and endless grief
The drugs, the abuse, the loss of soul
Is it still Russian roulette when all the chambers are full?
Can’t take the easy way out
Is it guts or is it fear?
I just wanna get out of here

So I cry, so I hide
From the life I have to live
I have friends who care
I have friends who give comfort
But they are gone now
The dearly departed souls
Went home to their loved ones
Lucky they are
Lucky they be
There truly is, no place like home

I’ll shred those ruby slippers
I’d embrace the wicked witch
I’m off to see the wizard
Maybe I can live with him
There’s no place like home...
There’s no place like home...
There’s no place like home...

Anywhere else would be fine for me...