On a hell bound runaway train
Her memory vanishes fast
We cried, we tired, we reached out
Doubtful tough love eases pain
She caught a hell bound runaway train
So, we agonize through heartache
The kind that mortifies the soul
What caused this wall of discontent?
How it all evolved, is too difficult to solve
For players of the Parent Puzzle Game
We watched our share of Disney
And Mister Rogers Neighborhood
Oh…the meals at our dinner table
Where things always felt so good
Now, we are the bad ones…on the Parent Puzzle Game
Detachment came wicked swiftly
At sixteen she knew it all
She broke her ties, found comfortable lies and
Followed her sweet-talkin’ guy
Leaving us just victims…of the Parent Puzzle Game
On a hell bound runaway train
Her memory vanishes fast
We cried, we tired, we reached out
Doubtful tough love eases pain
When you take a hell bound runaway train
Knowing, never knowing hurts in such unspeakable ways
And forever, lasts forever in confounding white noise haze
But when a distant whistling sounds
Hope rushes in again ~ then rushes out like pounding ocean waves
On a hell bound runaway train
Her memory vanishes fast
We cried, we tired, we reached out
Doubtful tough love eases pain
When you take a hell bound runaway train