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ALL RIGHT, THEN,
I'LL DRAW IT.
IT WASN'T A MANSION,
JUST A HOUSE.
A NORMAL HOUSE.

I LIVED THERE,
GREW UP THERE,
WITH MY MOM...
WITH MY MOM.
AND WHOEVER WAS MY DAD
FOR THE MONTH.

THEY DIDN'T
MUCH LIKE ME.
THEY SOMETIMES
WOULD DO THINGS...
HE SOMETIMES...

THE STATE CAME...
THEY TOOK ME AWAY...

THEY'D MOVE ME,
KEPT CHANGING
THE FAM'LY WHO HAD ME,
SO I'D DRAW,
AND WHILE I WAS DRAWING
I FELT
HAPPY.

AT SCHOOL, THOUGH,
I'D FEEL THIS...
SOMETHING ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE...
I DON'T LIKE
TO TALK MUCH.
BUT AT SCHOOL
I FELT
ANGRY.
I FELT
ANGRY.
A LOT.

AND THEN I
DISCOVERED
WHEN I HURT SOMEONE
I FELT
HAPPY.
I FELT
HAPPY.

SO ONE NIGHT
I LEFT HOME.
NOBODY CARED.
AND I WAS FINE WITH THAT.

I WENT TO
AN OVERPASS...
WATCHING THE CARS
GO UNDERNEATH.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO!
OF COURSE I MEANT TO.
I DIDN'T KNOW!
OF COURSE I KNEW.
I WASN'T THINKING!
I WAS THINKING A LOT.

THIS PILE OF
BIG CINDERBLOCKS
WAS RIGHT THERE
AT MY SIDE.
AND SO I
BEGAN TO
PUSH THEM OFF, ONTO THE ROAD.
I LIKED IT.
THIS CAR CAME.
THIS CAR CAME.
THEY HAD TO SWERVE,
INTO A WALL.
INTO A WALL...
THESE PEOPLE
THEY GOT OUT OF THE CAR...

AND THEIR SON...
HE DIDN'T...
DIDN'T GET OUT...

I RAN AWAY...

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from Drawin' on the Walls Original Cast Recording, released August 31, 2013

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