Strangely Shaped by Fathers - Well Kept Lyrics

Privilege can sometimes be
A burden of its own
We were so lucky but in all the wrong ways
Maintaining a façade
Could break the bank for some
But we had money to throw at our problems
Someone to clean the house
Someone to mind the kids
Someone to deal with all that dirty laundry
Someone to organise
Someone to buy supplies
Someone to do it all so they don't have to

We were always so well kept
When you outsource care it's not called neglect

We had a lot of toys
To keep us company
Those endless nights when mom was working upstairs
We had a lot of books
To keep our minds off why
Dad never seemed to spend his evenings with us
We got used growing up
To doing what we'd want
Raising ourselves and setting our own boundaries
We visited our friends
And made our mental notes
Of how a real family was meant to function

We were always so well kept
When you outsource care it's not called neglect

How old are you supposed to be
The first time you realise that you need therapy?

We always just assumed
That it was natural
That everybody had insomnia
The same anxiety
The same panic attacks
The same depression, the same thoughts of suicide
We wanted for nothing
Except a mom and dad
Who actually felt like a mother and a father
They gave us everything
Except the things we need
Just like their own parents had done before them

We were always so well kept
When you outsource care it's not called neglect
It's just the price they paid to pay the prices
Of all their cowardice and vices