[Verse 1]

Are we forever destined to be another carbon copy

Forever tainted by the faults of our father's father's father

Can you believe that they were young once

Can you see it in their eyes

The cold husk of the spark that died

The moment you sparked to life

[Chorus]

But I don't wanna just survive

Another branch of the family tree

Survive

Another try at a prodigy

Survive

Another try at the life you didn't lead

Survive

Just to be another trauma queen

[Verse 2]

Maybe it's the demons in our blood

Or the monsters in our heads

Or maybe there's something in the drugs that keeps us crawling back

Beaten and bloodied and begging for more

Knocking on death's front door

How are we ever gonna find our way

Back from the brink we started on

[Chorus]

But I don't wanna just survive

Another branch of the family tree

Survive

Another try at a prodigy

Survive

Another try at the life you didn't lead

Survive

Just to be another trauma queen

[Bridge]

You're just another dead dream

Just another mouth to feed

Just another try at a prodigy

Another shot at the life you didn't lead

Just another bad seed

Just another notch on the family tree

Just another branch on your tragic legacy

The first heir to the trauma queen

[Chorus]

But I don't wanna just survive

Another branch of the family tree

Survive

Another try at a prodigy

Survive

Another try at the life you didn't lead

Survive

Just to be another trauma queen