JOHN. - Isaac

They say it's just pixels, a top-down view
But every room feels way too true
Locked inside, doors slam shut
Every time I move, I fuck it up

Isaac cries, I cry too
Same damn tears, in different room
He prays to God, I stare at walls
Waitin' for the next shoe to fall

Basement's dark, but it's calm
Down-down there I don't gotta perform
Up here it's eyes, rules, shame
Down there nobody says my shitty name

Like Isaac, stuck downstairs
Basement's safer than her fuckin' prayers
Monsters chase me room to room
But they sound just like my thoughts do
She says God's speakin' through her hand
My real mom'd never fuckin' understand it like that
If his dad left and never came home
Mine did too, just in a different way, alone

Power-ups that never last
Good fuckin' days gone way too fast
One hit left, red heart low
I keep goin' 'cause I don't know how to go

She says: This hurts me more than you
Funny how that's always the excuse
Isaac runs, I stay still
Both of us just tryin' not to get killed

Basement ain't hell, basement's me
Only place-place I get to fuckin' breathe
Above ground's where guilt gets loud
Below's the only place I'm not found

Like Isaac, stuck downstairs
Basement's safer than her fuckin' prayers
Monsters chase me room to room
But they sound just like my thoughts do
She says God's speakin' through her hand
My real mom'd never fuckin' understand it like that
If his dad left and never came home
Mine did too, just in a different way, alone

Pause menu, screen goes black
Wish I had one of those for that
No restart, no new save
Just repeat the same fuckin' day

Anne ain't my mother, don't say that shit
My mom wouldn't do this
Don't mix their names, don't blur that line
One lost her mind, one loved me fine

Like Isaac, stuck downstairs
Basement's safer than her fuckin' prayers
Monsters chase me room to room
They scream every thought I never fuckin' outgrew-grew
She says God's speakin' through her hand
My real mom'd never break me, never call this a plan
If his dad left and never came home
Mine did too, and you left me dealin' with this shit alone

With
This, eh
Shit
Alone

They say it's just a fucked up game
But it knows my house, it knows my name
If Isaac's hell's underneath
Then maybe mine's just labeled family
Ah, ahh