[Verse 1]
When tragedy strikes a family line
The pain doesn't stop at one place in time
It travels forward through the years
Carrying forward all the fears
Parents who lost their future dreams
Pass down more than it first seems
[Chorus]
Transgenerational, it flows like a stream
From parent to child, the unfinished dream
When the future dimension gets lost in the past
The trauma keeps traveling, holding us fast
Supplementary grief, it compounds and grows
What one generation feels, the next one knows
[Verse 2]
Volkan showed us how groups choose
Their collective wounds, the ones they use
To define who they are today
By the price their ancestors paid
When early death takes mom or dad
The child inherits more than sad
[Chorus]
Transgenerational, it flows like a stream
From parent to child, the unfinished dream
When the future dimension gets lost in the past
The trauma keeps traveling, holding us fast
Supplementary grief, it compounds and grows
What one generation feels, the next one knows
[Bridge]
Lieberman found in her research clear
When young ones lose a parent dear
They don't just grieve for what they lost
But for futures that death has crossed
The wedding dance that'll never be
The grandchildren they'll never see
[Verse 3]
This supplementary sorrow grows
Beyond the primary pain one knows
It's not just missing who they were
But missing all that might occur
The chosen trauma of a group
Keeps the next generation in the loop
[Final Chorus]
Transgenerational, breaking the chain
Means facing both the loss and phantom pain
When the future dimension can be reclaimed
The supplementary grief can be renamed
From burden passed to story told
New futures written, brave and bold
[Outro]
The loss of future's heavy weight
But understanding breaks its fate
Supplementary doesn't have to mean
Forever trapped in others' dreams