Close to the edge

[Chorus] Please just leave me alone, cause I wanna live my life This ain't no family, what you're doing to me just ain't right Can't let it go to my head, I'm standing close to the edge Let's have a toast to the dead, I gotta hope for the best [Verse 1:] A good kid, 13, he had a bright future His dad was an alcoholic and a drug user His mom died when he was seven from a stroke So getting piss drunk was the only way he could cope And some would hope that he'd treat his son right But he doesn't when he's drinking, all he wants to do is fight Life, is a beautiful thing He says the pain doesn't hurt him cause it's more of a sting Livingroom covered in blood like it's a ring The bottle had dissolved what the memories bring His son had friends that he'd only see at school But he was not a fool, so they said he wasn't cool Followed the rules, but he wasn't scared to break 'em Cause his father was a bully, didn't have the heart to face him His friends knew it was wrong but let him hurt him His dad is only mad, cause his son is a better person (c'mon) Was it worth it? All the pain and the agony? It's almost like the reaper gets his way when he's mad at me It's a tragedy, feeling like it's lose - lose And too escape it, all he needs to do is use booze You wouldn't last a day, walking in this dudes shoes So fucking out of it he can't decide for who's who Now he's lost and he's searching for some new clues That's what he gets for not listening, so boo-hoo [Chorus] Please just leave me alone, cause I wanna live my life This ain't no family, what you're doing to me just ain't right Can't let it go to my head, I'm standing close to the edge Let's have a toast to the dead, I gotta hope for the best [Verse 2:] 15 now, he's falling out of class Started drug dealing so he's saving up some cash He's on his last rock cause he gave it too his dad Soon he'll have enough paper to pay for his own flat But if he does it then his dad will be stunned Cause the only thing he ever really had was his son Underneath the pillow where he stashes his gun When he got it he would go out, and just blast it for fun Now he needs it cause the crack and the scums See he forgot about his family, and that's number 1 Moved out, now his dads just a bum Every now and then he'd hand over the last of his crumbs It's sad cause his mum would be crying if she knew it Lookin' down on him like "Why you gotta do this?" So stupid, but he felt he never had the chance So when he meets with the devil, he better do the dance All his friends looking up too him like, "you the man" Cause they see him make som money off of moving grams So impressionable he was always willing 'Till he sold his dad the crack that actually killed him (that's a shame) [Chorus] Please just leave me alone, cause I wanna live my life This ain't no family, what you're doing to me just ain't right Can't let it go to my head, I'm standing close to the edge Let's have a toast to the dead, I gotta hope for the best