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Austin French - Broken Home Lyrics

Artist:
Austin French

Lyrics

Daddy made some promises he couldn't keep
Momma said you'll still see him every other week
You didn't understand
You were just a kid back then


Two bedrooms in two houses, different sides of town
Feeling like a deck of cards, always shuffled round
With pain that no one knows
Guess that's the way it goes


But if I could talk to that younger me
I'd hold him close and I'd say these things


All of your tomorrows don't depend on your yesterdays
And there is more to living than the way that you were raised
If I'm honest, some things heal
If I'm honest, some things won't
But you don't have a broken future
Just cause you're from a broken home


There might be a day you think it's all your fault
Beating yourself up for reasons that don't make sense at all
It was not your fault
It was not your fault


And you'll wonder if your father's sins are in your blood
Cause you'll make mistakes you don't think you'll find your way back from
But I know you will
The morning's coming still


All of your tomorrows don't depend on your yesterdays
And there is more to living than the way that you were raised
If I'm honest, some things heal
If I'm honest, some things won't
But you don't have a broken future
Just cause you're from a broken home


And it's ok to be mad
It's ok to cry
And to ask your mom and ask your dad
Why oh why
And it's ok to feel
Like you're lost upon the sea
Cause this isn't how it was meant to be


But you'll grow up, fall in love, and hold your kids
And you'll know that you can do things different than they did
And all the hell you've seen
Heaven will redeem


All of your tomorrows don't depend on your yesterdays
There is more to living than the way that you were raised
If I'm honest, some things heal
If I'm honest, some things won't
But you don't have a broken future
You don't have to have a broken future
Just cause you're from a broken home
Just cause you're from a broken home


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Meaning & Inspiration

“Broken Home” speaks compassionately to the lasting pain of a childhood divided between parents and houses. Its details acknowledge confusion, anger, grief, and misplaced guilt without pretending that every wound disappears. The central assurance is that family history does not have to determine the future. Even when some injuries remain, inherited patterns can be confronted and a different home can be built.

The song’s hope becomes explicitly redemptive near the close, where heaven is said to redeem the suffering already endured. That confidence can be connected cautiously with biblical promises of God’s nearness to the brokenhearted and his ability to bring new life from former pain. The repeated statement that the child was not at fault addresses shame directly, while the picture of someday loving a family offers a concrete vision of restoration. Its message holds honesty and hope together: the past matters, but it does not possess final authority over identity or tomorrow.

Related Scripture

  • Psalm 34:18 The psalm says that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted.
  • Psalm 147:3 God is described as healing the brokenhearted and binding their wounds.
  • Isaiah 43:18-19 The passage points from former things toward God’s new work.