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 bitch!



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