[Verse 1]
In a house where bottles hide the pain
Little eyes learn rules they can't explain
Don't talk about what happened yesterday
Don't trust tomorrow might be okay
Don't feel the hurt that's building up inside
When daddy's love becomes a place to hide
[Chorus]
Don't talk, don't trust, don't feel
These are the rules that make time disappear
No past to tell, no future that's real
Just frozen moments filled with fear
The loss of tomorrow starts right here
When childhood learns these rules so clear
[Verse 2]
Janet saw the patterns running deep
Adult children struggling in their sleep
Can't follow through on dreams they start to make
Reading every room for others' sake
Hypersensitive to every mood
Responsibility misunderstood
[Chorus]
Don't talk, don't trust, don't feel
These are the rules that make time disappear
No past to tell, no future that's real
Just frozen moments filled with fear
The loss of tomorrow starts right here
When childhood learns these rules so clear
[Bridge]
Gabor showed us stress hormones flow
Cortisol bath while young minds grow
Nervous systems shaped by threat detection
Future planning loses all direction
Tronick's still face experiment reveals
What happens when a parent never heals
[Verse 3]
Two minutes of blank stare breaks a child
Now imagine years of disconnect so wild
The infant learns that reaching out brings pain
Withdrawal becomes the only way to remain
Atmospheric abandonment all around
Future dreams crash to the ground
[Final Chorus]
Don't talk, don't trust, don't feel
These temporal rules steal what should be real
No narrative thread, no time to heal
Just survival mode and wounds concealed
The future dies when these rules appear
And tomorrow disappears
[Outro]
Black and Woititz helped us understand
How addiction steals time from little hands
The loss of future starts inside the home
When children learn to cope all alone