Alone nightcore Nico Collins

Eight years old and he's kicking and screaming
"I'll only go to school if you give me a reason
The kids are really mean and I already know all the things they're teaching"
Hopped in the car mama let him play hookey
Missed the first hour just to get a cup of coffee
She's the only one who saw who he was, no one else could read him
Showing up late but he makes it to class
Just to stare out the window and the clock in the back
He daydreamed away to a sky so gray
Everything's simple, it's driving him mental
Wishing every day that something would change
Instead his dad makes him play ball by the bay
And every time he cries, father rolls his eyes saying
"Son it's all your fault, how come you never try?"

He does all that he should
Why is he misunderstood?

This is a story bout a broken boy
With his headphones in just to block out the noise
Of everyone around him telling him the way to go
So he walks the world alone
Wondering if it gets better
Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever
So he gets lost tryna find another way back home
As he walks the world alone