(Written at the age of 12): This song, once more a story based on imagined events, tells the story of a child who grows in a home where his parents constantly fight and shout at each other. This song, my first composition, enquires into the negative effects on children of growing up in a dysfunctional family. The song represented for me, at this short age, a way to sensitize parents to the disastrous effects of disrespect and child abuse.

(Escrita a los 12 años): Esta canción es nuevamente una situación imaginaria en la cual un niño crece en un hogar donde sus padres pelean constantemente y se gritan entre sí. Este trabajo, mi primera composición, indaga sobre el efecto negativo en los niños de crecer en un hogar conflictivo. Esta canción representaba para mí, a esta corta edad, una manera de concientizar a los padres acerca de los efectos nefastos que tienen en sus hijos el maltrato y el irrespeto.

From the beginning to the end of it
My childhood was full of a need for love
There was nothing that I could do
Their screams were always louder
The pain was too hard to bear
I was so young to handle the pain

Every night when I was already in bed
I could hear them fighting again
This used to hurt me so much
That I always began to cry
With no one to calm me down
With hatred inside

Chorus
Just tell me the reasons why parents need to fight
The only reason that I find is that they don’t love us
Just tell me the reasons why parents need to shout
The only reason that I find is that their parents did
The same with them long ago

This is just what happens many times to children
Parents don’t realize how this wrecks their lives
This affects them so much
That they grow up to become
Insecure people
Full of fear and doubts

From the beginning to the end of it
My childhood was full of a need for love
There was nothing that I could do
Their screams were always louder
The pain was too hard to bear
I was so young to handle the pain