Kelsea Ballerini - Secondhand Smoke Lyrics

my parents got a divorce recently and it definitely was sad when it happened, but things are so much better now. no more crying and them yelling, no more my mom calling the cops on my dad, no more slamming doors and punching the walls, and no more having to stand up for my sister cuz she’s too young to be going through this. we’re all so much happier. i pray for everyone going through a mess like this, it’ll all get better, i promise. i just hope i don’t make their mistakes.

I'm litteraly crying this is my life

My childhood.

An my parents wonder why I lack empathy at all.

This sounds like a country vision of "requim" from Dear Evan Hansen. I love this song

Breezy Love, i love that musical!! Waving Through A Window & You Will Be Found are life saving and life changing.

Oh my gosh wow. This is so vulnerable. Thank you for sharing this Kelsea. I appreciate your story. This could be relatable for so many. I’m reminded of the show ‘This Is Us’.

Somebody.. anybody... please just, help ..... I am just so tired, please help 💔

Aleigha Smith, It’s now 2020 and I hope you’re doing well. I’m sorry for the pain that you’re experiencing and suffering from. I’m here with you, I care about you.

I’ve never heard this song before, but it’s PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!!

Wow...I have been listening to this song a lot...you know the feeling when you know something bad is coming, but you don’t want to think about it? I try not to, but I can’t help it. I know that my parents can’t stay together, and know that’s for the best, but can’t help but be torn up. And while I know my mom’s right, but I feel like I am taking sides, and regardless of what happens, a piece of me will always be with both of my parents. It makes me feel worse because my mom has stayed because of my brothers and I. I can’t help but feel like I AM the product of a problem that I couldn’t change. Anyhow, listening to this song has helped me a lot. And while Kelsea may not be a huge star like other people, she has helped me in a way I can’t begin to explain. I hope I can meet her one day, just to thank her, and maybe talk a bit.

Congrats on 300k subs

Love this song...go Kelsea! I have your CD and listen to it all the time! I can't relate to this song at all, though many people in the comments can relate..

This song is so relatable. "Got his eyes, got her hair, so do I get their mistakes?" is probably my favorite line in the song because it's literally me. When I was I think 7, my parents got a divorce. I had spent so long, so many years, for a 7 year old, listening to them argue when they thought that I was sleeping. I spent so long hoping and praying that they would stop and when I was in 2nd grade, they got a divorce and then a few months later, my dad moved from Florida to North Carolina and I didnt see him until about a year later, after my mom had met my now step dad, he came to visit and is now friends with both my mom and step dad and is happily married to my step mom in North Carolina. I hope that in the future when Im old enough to get married and stuff like that, that I don't make the same mistakes that they made.

this hits home

This song makes me thank of my family, friends

I love this song so much

"Am I the product of a problem?"

what an amazing voice she has. she is gonna go far I believe. all her songs are so very beautiful.

This relates to me so much. When my mom was in high school she fell in love with my dad and got married in college. When I was 4 and my brother was 2 they got a divorce because he was abusive and now that my dads gone my life has gone the gutter. I'm the only kid in my class that has a step dad and I get bullied for it everyday. I dont even know why its a big deal but apparently it is. My dumbass father doesn't even come around anymore. The last time I saw him was 3 years ago. I dont want to make the same mistakes my mom did. But I have a feeling I will.

it makes me sing my heart out that I can hear myself

it makes me sing my heart out

Wow. A very emotional song. Hats off to you for being strong through it, Kelsea!

Sometimes you could hear a pin drop
Or the ticking of the clock
Between the surface conversation,
No matter what they were saying
They never talked, hm
Sometimes I would hear 'em screaming,
When they thought that I was sleeping
They'd just fight about whatever,
I don't know if they ever had a reason
Am I the product of a problem that I couldn't change?
Got his eyes, got her hair
So do I get their mistakes?
I know that you can't walk across a bridge that's already burned, so
What am I supposed to do, I can't help that they chose
To breathe it in, but I don't wanna choke
On that secondhand smoke
Sometimes I hear myself saying
Hand-me-down words
It's so easy to forget
That he ain't him and I ain't her
And when I think the fighting has to end in a goodbye,
I wanna prove me wrong, but I'm scared I'll prove me right, 'cause
I know that you can't walk across a bridge that's already burned, so
What am I supposed to do, I can't help that they chose
To breathe it in, but I don't wanna choke
On that secondhand smoke
Oh, no
Will I be better, find forever, be the one to shake the habit,
Break away from broken things, and rise above the ashes?
I know that you can't walk across a bridge that's already burned, so
What am I supposed to do, I can't help that they chose
To breathe it in, but I don't wanna choke
No, I ain't gonna choke
On that secondhand smoke
Oh

Thank you! Sang the song while looking at your comment..

Since I was born iv felt like this

i dont want to be secondhand smoke..

This song speaks to me because when I was little my parents would fight and fight and I thought it was my fault and I feel like I'll make their mistakes

Hi Kelsea,
Will you be my girlfriend? Please respond.

this song gave me chills I literally felt the feels in this song my parents have been split since I was 3 so....😢

this describes my life so well. 😔

I'm obsessed with this song!!

so relatable

this is so me when my parents are fighting all the time

love this song it is so inspiring

this is my life

right in the feels. shes like t swift the way its like her lyrics are your diary

Oriyan yakobi no she is way to good to be Taylor swift Swift turned on country people

It's called being a lyrical genius! ❤️🎵🎶

"I wanna prove me wrong, but I'm scared I'll prove me right."

best line in any song ever

xkstews that's I felt every time my parents said they hated each other

I agree

😩 😫 😭- typed the word “distraught” and got these three emojis. I didn’t know which to use so I put all three.

this is literally exactly my life :'(

This song is the reason I love country music, I can relate to it. This song was mine and I see lots of others too.

i agree I listen to country because most country songs have a meaning

Totally agree. Country music is all about telling stories. That's why I love it so much.

felt this way since I was 6

honestly this song describes me a lot i got my dads eyes and my moms hair and their is soo many problems with my family but this song just describes my whole life :'(

+gravityfallslover 101 my parents dont fight a lot but when they do its bad 1:03

My life in a song.

The first line gave me House of Anubis feels😂😭😭 anyone else?

OMG...YES!

yeah!!!!!!!

Seamless Sabrina yeah it did

This is honestly the best song I've heard ever since I found out that my parents are recently getting divorced. It's been so hard and this song really hits the heart strings.

same. ify.

Keep your eyes above the ashes. Meet yourself where you are. Don't try to blame yourself. And if you aren't doing well one day, think back and remember how many days you already were strong.

i feel the same way..divorce sucks...

keep your head in there

AlexyLauren
Same

Love this song ❤️❤️❤️✨

hegdgeh

This is so me Kelsea. I've never heard a song that described exactly what my life was like. I love it

I love this song

This is the story of my life. I've always felt this way since I was four years old

I don't know what I would do without this song. It really hits home, especially at the moment. My parents have been divorced once, then they got back together and it worked for awhile. Not until recently, actually. The "got his eyes, got her hair" part really gets to me because I actually have basically the same eyes as my dad and look a lot like my mom. What I wouldn't give to have the album though, then I could listen to the song all the time

I have her eyes and his hair

wow wow wow wow wow lyrics so true

If this song doesn't hit home, I don't know what does. Just saw her live, bought her cd and started playing on the way home. The moment this song came on, it was like someone made a song out of my childhood diary. Every word. She has so much talent.

I love this song, keep up the work

I believe that Kelsea will be world-renowned in the future. Her album is just so awesome.

agreed. I love her music. she tells stories with her music.

the words that I think come out of her mouth and I love her music too

The lines "Am I the product of a problem that I couldn't change? Got his eyes, got her her hair, so do I get their mistakes?" hits me rather personally. My parents divorced when I was a toddler, but I still have faint, haunting memories of roaring arguments & uncontrollable rage. I know I'm not my parents, yet I've always had a fear that I'll end up repeating their mistakes. I love my mum, I don't want to end up like her; a single mother raising 2 children on next to nothing, semi-dependent on child support checks that didn't always come. This song kind of scares me, as it verbalizes what I fear. Perhaps one day I'll be able to rise above the ashes of my parent's marriage & find a wholesome love of my own.

+anna fehder *two

Yeah my dad left when I was only in my mom's stomach

This song is my life

Fae Lumb I know how you feel but my parents divorced when I was 10 so I heard a lot of arguments that drove my mom into depression and alcoholism and I'm scared I'll end up like my parents did I hope I'm able break through the wall they built for me and find a live that will overcome the past this song is the story of my life and I break to tears each time I hear it

So true you just made me want to cry every word that you said is amazing

Luckily I don't have to go through this, but my heart goes out to all who do.

me too but my parents fight A LOT so sometimes I feel like will get a divorce but they haven't yet

When this song describes your childhood...

You are the best Kelsea, I love so much this song😄😄🎶🎵🎶