I had a friend named Victor
The two of us used to hang every single day
And it seemed like overnight

That his whole life just changed
I know when his mom and dad broke up
It didn't make sense

But i know that his dad was a drunk
And he gambled away the rent


Pretty soon Vic was seeing red
Pissed off and instead
Hed drink every night until he passed out

And then hed do it all again
The whole time smiling on the outside
To cover the pain

But on the inside
All he was trying to do was get away


Dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks


Yo, Funny how things change color
Than fade to another shade

When you had it made it was all good
But now look just another day
It was so fresh

It was so clean
Never saw it gone
One, two, three

Lights out, which way to turn
Can't get a grip
All alone in a big white house

Every day gets worse
And you just curse until your head bursts
And it hurts so bad she left

Now you suffer
Should've thought of that one first
No family, no kids

Cant accept what you did
Now you wanna run away
But you can't

Cause the past comes back again

Slippin through the cracks

Sip a little jack
Go to bed half dead
What about rent

Why does every cent gotta be a bet
Whens it gonna end
Oh my god we dont got a penny left

My moms gotta find a way
To get a job, out of debt, out of dodge
Out of breath, out of this big problem

My pops wanna get away from the pain
In a better place in his brain
But the medication he takes

Makes him wasted
So sick he was gonna think
The good lord would come take him

I'm shaking him
Wake up you son of a (*##$!


He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks

Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away
From red to black


He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday

Go slipping through the cracks
Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away

From red to black

Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks