I shave with soap foam
You think I’m stealing your shaving cream
What’s so basic to you
Is something I’ve never had to need
You’re certain I’m taking what you don’t understand
But I’ve learned to live with what I have at hand
What you call essential is a luxury to me
With trembling hands, I live how I need to be
Poverty foam, it’s all I’ve ever known
Shaving in silence with scraps I’ve grown
You see cream, I see foam
We’re further apart than you’ll ever know
In this room, we call our home
I stand alone with poverty foam
You don’t get why I don’t use the cream
But I’ve lived off what others leave unseen
Soap foam’s enough to get me through
That’s just how I make it day by day, it’s true
You’re certain I’m taking what you don’t understand
But I’ve learned to live with what I have at hand
What you call essential is a luxury to me
With trembling hands, I live how I need to be
Poverty foam, it’s all I’ve ever known
Shaving in silence with scraps I’ve grown
You see cream, I see foam
We’re further apart than you’ll ever know
In this room, we call our home
I stand alone with poverty
We’re in the same room, but worlds apart
Your suspicion stings like a poisoned dart
What’s basic to you is my endless fight
Surviving on less while you sleep tight
Poverty foam, it’s all I’ve ever known
Shaving in silence with scraps I’ve grown
You see cream, I see foam
We’re further apart than you’ll ever know
In this room, we call our home
I stand alone with poverty foam
I wash my face and start again
The foam fades like a fleeting pain
You’ll never know the battles I see
But in my world, I live free
Poverty foam, it’s all I’ve ever known
Shaving in silence with scraps I’ve grown
You see cream, I see foam
We’re further apart than you’ll ever know
In this room, we call our home
I stand alone with poverty foam