"Family Portrait" By: Pink

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Family Portrait

Ooh.. Ooh..
Ooh.. Ooh..
Ehh Ehh
Yeah Yeah

Mama please stop cryin'
I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and it's
Tearing me down

I hear glasses breakin'
As I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean
Those nasty things you said
You fight about money
'Bout me and my brother
And this I come home to
This is my shelter

It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Never knowin' what love could be
You'll see, I don't want love to destroy me
Like it has done my family

Can we work it out (Can we)
Can we be a family (Can we)
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
Mommy I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better
Daddy please don't leave

Daddy please stop yelling (stop)
I can't stand the sound (can't stand the sound)
Make mama stop cryin'
'Cause I need you around (yeah yeah yeah)
My mama she loves you (I know it)
No matter what she says is true
I know that she hurts you
But remember I love you too!

I ran away today, ran from the noise
Ran away (ran away)
Don't wanna go back to that place
But don't have no choice, no way

It ain't easy, growin' up in world war 3
Never knowin' what love could be
But I've seen, I don't want love to destroy me
Like it has done my family

Can we work it out (Can we work it)
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better (I promise)
Mommy I'll do anything (Anything to keep you back)
Can we work it out
Can we be a family
I promise I'll be better (I promise I promise)
Daddy please don't leave

In our family portrait (In our family portrait)
We look pretty happy (We look pretty happy)
Let's play pretend, let's act like it
Comes naturally
I don't wanna have to split the holidays (no no)
I don't want two addresses (no no)
I don't want a stepbrother anyway
And I don't want my mom to have to change her last name!

In our family portrait
We look pretty happy
We look pretty normal
Lets go back to that
In our family portrait
We look pretty happy
Lets play pretend, act like it
Goes naturally

In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
Lets play pretend (I promise I'll be better)
Act like it goes naturally,(Daddy please don't leave)
Oh lets go back Oh lets go back

In our family portrait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Lets go back to that (Mommy I'll do anything)
In our family portait (Can we work it out)
We look pretty happy (Can we be a family)
We look pretty normal (I promise I'll be better)
Lets go back to that (Daddy please don't leave)

don't leave.. don't leave.. Daddy don't leave..
don't leave.. Daddy don't leave..
Daddy don't leave.. Daddy don't leave.. Daddy dont leave...
don't leave.. don't leave..

Remember that the night you left
You took my shinning star
Daddy dont leave..
Daddy dont leave..
Daddy dont leave..

Mama'll be nicer
I'll be so much better
I'll tell my brother
I won't spill the milk at dinner
I'll be so much better
I'll do everything right
I'll be your little girl forever
I'll go to sleep at night

Ooh no Ooh no
Ooh no Ooh
 
I wanted to share these lyrics with everyone 'cause I think they're really nice, heart felt and maybe some of us can relate. This song depicts a childs' prospective, as his/her parents are going through domestic problems and are near break up and or divorce. Sometimes parents are so involved in there own problems that they forget that the children have feelings too, and they suffer a Divorce or break up just as the adults do.
 
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I don't like listening to songs like that, it brings me down. I always wonder how my daughter felt, or how she feels now since I left. I hope she doesn't think this was her fault. It was just two adults going in two seperate directions. I hope one day she will understand that and I pray she never hates me for leaving. But this song really gets me because of these lines:

"don't leave.. don't leave.. Daddy don't leave..
don't leave.. Daddy don't leave..
Daddy don't leave.. Daddy don't leave.. Daddy dont leave...
don't leave.. don't leave.. "

"Remember that the night you left
You took my shinning star
Daddy dont leave..
Daddy dont leave..
Daddy dont leave.."

Till this day she still asks me not to leave!!
 
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I can definitely relate to this song because I'm going through the exact same thing. My parents just divorced now and it's really hard on me. And I always feel like running away, but i can't. . I really love this song
 
I know it's hard going through it, but at least you old enuff to understand. I know it doesn't make it easier but it helps. My daughter is only 3, she doesn't understand it yet.
 
Fanstasy i know how u feel i went through it and my sister is going through it which is your age i knows it's hard to deal with🙁


Nasty - my daughter is going to through the same thing she is also 3, i left her father in June and she still don't understand, its hard, but at least her father is in her life, and takes her, but she always asks questions which some i dont know how to answer.
 
QuEeNsGuRL24 said:
but she always asks questions which some i dont know how to answer.
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That is so true. I don't know what to say when she asks me why I'm not home. It makes me feel guilty.
 
But at least you have your daughter with you, you get to experience all the little things she does as she grows. Whereas for me I see her every chance I get but I miss out on alot. U know what I'm trying to say.
 
well i see it like this.....when i was with her father the last year we were together we used to fight and argue, yell and scream and my daughter used to cry for us to stop or just sit in her room in the corner, i think its worst for them to see their parents always fighting and arguing, then to see each parent sepertly, yes i understand exactly what u are saying and going through but at least u see her and are in her life, i know ur probably missing out on some things, but would u want to see her suffer from seeing her parents "unhappy"?

Well as for the questions, asking u why u are not home, my daughter ask her father the same thing or she asks him to come to "mommy house" with us, its so hard to go through but u jus have to try to explain or talk to them, until they get a lil older to understand, but the best thing u can do is to give her alot of love, when she is with u tell her both mommy and daddy loves u.
 
QuEeNsGuRL24 said:
well i see it like this.....when i was with her father the last year we were together we used to fight and argue, yell and scream and my daughter used to cry for us to stop or just sit in her room in the corner, i think its worst for them to see their parents always fighting and arguing, then to see each parent sepertly, yes i understand exactly what u are saying and going through but at least u see her and are in her life, i know ur probably missing out on some things, but would u want to see her suffer from seeing her parents "unhappy"?

Well as for the questions, asking u why u are not home, my daughter ask her father the same thing or she asks him to come to "mommy house" with us, its so hard to go through but u jus have to try to explain or talk to them, until they get a lil older to understand, but the best thing u can do is to give her alot of love, when she is with u tell her both mommy and daddy loves u.
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I couldn't agree with you more... you hit on the nose. This was the very reason why I left, but I still feel like I let my little one down, I feel I disappointed her, I feel as though I failed. I talk to her about me not being there. I think she's staring to get it, but it's still a questions which is hard to answer. I never talk bad about her mother in anyway to her. I always tell that I , and her mommy , love her.
 
Nasty, first of all is good to see you're still around, secound i truly feel for you, i can relate. As for what you and QueensGurl were talkin' about... well maybe we should go back to the lyrics of the song...

"Mama please stop cryin', I can't stand the sound..."

And

"I told dad you didn't mean, Those nasty things you said..."

And

"Daddy please stop yelling, I can't stand the sound.
Make mama stop cryin', 'Cause I need you around.

Just to name a few quotes. This obviously shows the type of environment that you guys were talkin' about, yelling, screaming, argueing, and how the child deals with it. But it also shows how the child forgives it all(read the lyrics carefully) and just wants things to be better. The child doesn't want his/her parents to break up, despite all the arguments, the child just wants things to be worked out, and have things be normal again. If you notice, in the lyrics the child isn't on either side(her mother's or her father's), she just wants things to be better.

I agree that there shouldn't be arguments and violence around children, but for the child(s) sake, maybe things should try to be worked out. They're the innocent ones in the whole sceme of things and know no better and don't have much say over what happens, but we are adults, and do know what we're doing and know how our choices affect others.
 
Psycho said:
I agree that there shouldn't be arguments and violence around children, but for the child(s) sake, maybe things should try to be worked out. They're the innocent ones in the whole sceme of things and know no better and don't have much say over what happens, but we are adults, and do know what we're doing and know how our choices affect others.
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I agree with u 100% but u can try to work things out so many times. I feel that if u stay with that other person only for the child 90% it doesn't work out, u have to have some type of feeling or aleast know it will work. Like i said before sometimes its better to seperate, instead of staying around and being unhappy. I know from my experience, cause i left my ex twice and the third time i stayed with him only for my daughter and i was always "unhappy" and my daughter felt that, until one day i realized its only hurting her by staying, i know people seperate for diffent reasons, but if u feel that it will work then i say try it. Life is hard, but we all learn from our mistakes so next time we can try to make it right.
 
QuEeNsGuRL24 said:
I agree with u 100% but u can try to work things out so many times. I feel that if u stay with that other person only for the child 90% it doesn't work out, u have to have some type of feeling or aleast know it will work. Like i said before sometimes its better to seperate, instead of staying around and being unhappy. I know from my experience, cause i left my ex twice and the third time i stayed with him only for my daughter and i was always "unhappy" and my daughter felt that, until one day i realized its only hurting her by staying, i know people seperate for diffent reasons, but if u feel that it will work then i say try it. Life is hard, but we all learn from our mistakes so next time we can try to make it right.
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Yeah, i'm feelin' you.
 
Nasty, Just make sure she knows you both love her and NONE of it is her fault. She is young right now which is good, but make sure she knows you both care and nothing really changed, only living arrangements 🙂 good luck
 
Thanks you, Fantasygerl.

We show her unconditional love. But it's still not EZ.. I still feel bad for her.. you know!
 
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE PINK'S SONG. IT REALLY HIT ME HARD. i HAVE A 9 YEAR OLD SON AND A FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. WHEN I FIRST GOT SEPARATED IT WAS REALLY HARD ON THEM BUT AS LONG AS YOU TRY TO HELP THEM WITH THE TRANSITION EVERYTHING'LL WILL TURN OUT FINE. BUT NASTY1 I FEEL YOU BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER USED TO ASK ME THAT ALOT AND I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM BECAUSE IT WOULD KILL ME INSIDE. TO KNOW THAT I WILL BE MISSING OUT ON CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS TUCKING HER IN EVERY NIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO SEE HER EVERYDAY REALLY DOES GET TO ME BUT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CARDS IVE BEEN DEALT. PINK'S SONG REALLY HITS IT ON THE HEAD....
 
mike from da bronx said:
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE PINK'S SONG. IT REALLY HIT ME HARD. i HAVE A 9 YEAR OLD SON AND A FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. WHEN I FIRST GOT SEPARATED IT WAS REALLY HARD ON THEM BUT AS LONG AS YOU TRY TO HELP THEM WITH THE TRANSITION EVERYTHING'LL WILL TURN OUT FINE. BUT NASTY1 I FEEL YOU BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER USED TO ASK ME THAT ALOT AND I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM BECAUSE IT WOULD KILL ME INSIDE. TO KNOW THAT I WILL BE MISSING OUT ON CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS TUCKING HER IN EVERY NIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO SEE HER EVERYDAY REALLY DOES GET TO ME BUT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CARDS IVE BEEN DEALT. PINK'S SONG REALLY HITS IT ON THE HEAD....
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Thanks Mike.. I try to deal with it as best as I can but there are times, like you said, when it really gets to me.

Psycho.. It's not a question on the child being on either side. it's what the child is feeling, and the sadness I feel because of it.
 
Bottom line, i think that for the best of the children, something should try to be worked out. Pinks' song shows how a child hurts, hurts because of simple arguments, and complicated breake ups. When i first heard that song, the first thing that i thought was... "I wouldn't want to put a child throught that". And i still believe the same thing.
 
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