Mom and dad, you fight again

I hear it through the wall

My chest goes tight, my hands go cold

I feel so small

I grab my hoodie, hit the door

I don’t know where to go

Your words keep cutting through my skin

And I’m already low

I try to stand between

But my legs won’t stay

I say, please stop, please stop

Then I fade away

My fox instincts are fading

My fox instincts are fading

I’m breaking slow

I’m breaking slow

It’s killing me softly (softly)

It’s killing me painfully (painfully)

I want to run

I want to stay

But I can’t save us anyway

I ran to that abandoned place

With busted glass and dust

A busted door, a sinking floor

A whole room full of rust

I sat down in the corner dark

And cried until I shook

I kept your voices in my head

Like lines inside a book

I try to make you hear me

But the words won’t stay

I say, please stop, please stop

Then I fade away

My fox instincts are fading

My fox instincts are fading

I’m breaking slow

I’m breaking slow

It’s killing me softly (softly)

It’s killing me painfully (painfully)

I want to run

I want to stay

But I can’t save us anyway

If I bark, if I bare my teeth

Will you finally see?

I’m just a kid with shaking paws

Trying to keep us free

I don’t need a perfect home

I need one honest night

Where love don’t sound like slammed-up doors

And tears don’t have to bite

My fox instincts are fading

My fox instincts are fading

I’m breaking slow

I’m breaking slow

It’s killing me softly (softly)

It’s killing me painfully (painfully)

I want to run

I want to stay

Please don’t make me lose my way