This line is straight forward, but strong.

Yes, this home this boy lives in is a mess, but you can see it in his face … he has potential to rise above this. Also is a flip and wordplay on “you can see it in my face” – his marks, bruises etc.

The neighbors around them are afraid to get involved with what they suspect is going on.

Creditors are calling. Bills are overdue, the lights are about to be shut off.

It’s a malnourished home. Barely anything but liquor in the whole damn house. No fresh groceries, nothing.

I love this section. It really drives home the duality throughout the song. Purposely disguising it as a “party” song, for what it really is.

Last night, he literally got hit hard. Not figuratively.

He thinks he blacked out from the beatings/punches.

But if he catches his father slipping, he’ll go grab his fathers gun and take off his head. He’s about had it.

The “boy” has high hopes for himself, beyond the things he sees and partakes in at parties, and beyond the same (redundant) things he sees that go on in his very home.

Woops the community annotation was right.

The “boy” wants more out of life. He’s reaching for it – but his living conditions (he feels) weighs him down.

“Screaming” and “shaking floors” is continuing to paint the picture what goes on in this house. Screaming, yelling fighting – all the time. Oh boy how more wrong can these community annotations be. Ha.

“What are the locks for?” is a hypothetically question. A moot point – shit doesn’t matter. They get broken anyway. It’s a false sense of security. Most home locks on bedroom doors are very easy to bypass.