[Verse 1]
Allan Schore shows us how the brain develops
When attachment breaks, the future just unravels
Right hemisphere holds our emotional core
When trauma hits, we can't see what's in store
Affect regulation starts from day one
Without it, tomorrow feels already done
[Chorus]
Specialists and theorists mapping the way
How trauma steals tomorrow from today
Schore and Stolorow, Bowen's family tree
Benjamin's bonds and Fonagy's key
When the future disappears from view
These experts show us what trauma can do
[Verse 2]
Stolorow explains the world that trauma makes
When meaning crumbles and certainty breaks
The future becomes a threatening space
Instead of hope, we see only disgrace
Emotional worlds get frozen in time
Can't move forward when we're stuck in the rhyme
[Chorus]
Specialists and theorists mapping the way
How trauma steals tomorrow from today
Schore and Stolorow, Bowen's family tree
Benjamin's bonds and Fonagy's key
When the future disappears from view
These experts show us what trauma can do
[Verse 3]
Murray Bowen saw how families pass down
Anxiety patterns that keep us bound
Triangulation and fusion too tight
Makes planning ahead feel out of sight
Benjamin shows how dominance and submission
Blocks the future with repetition
[Bridge]
Porges found the nervous system's map
Polyvagal theory fills the gap
When we're in fight or flight or freeze
Future thinking's what we cease
McAdams speaks of redemptive tales
How narrative healing never fails
[Chorus]
Specialists and theorists mapping the way
How trauma steals tomorrow from today
Fonagy's mentalization helps us see
How reflecting sets the future free
When we understand what trauma can do
We can build a path to something new
[Outro]
Seven voices, one clear song
Showing how to heal what's wrong
The future waits for those who dare
To face the past with expert care