RØRY - FAMILY TREE [official lyric video]

[@chrischase7082]

Every hair on my body did a standing ovation. It's sad how many people resonate with these words. This song is therapy. Thank you 😊

[@Alisonwarr87]

Same ❤

[@lanakw]

Absolutely what Chris Chase said, omg just in love with this song, every word resonates with me ❤❤

[@Stitch_forever32]

Yeah it is more common then you think 😓😭

[@Stitch_forever32]

​@lanakw some here it really hard to keep with sometime

[@alisonkeement3678]

Only I'm not waiting on an email, I'm waiting on a phone call 😭😭

[@Kier97]

I will be playing this on repeat for the rest of my life. I haven’t really spoken to my mum in 10 years, and the first time we saw each other after she disowned me at 15 was at a funeral. I can’t even explain how deep this is, you have accelerated my healing journey more than you can ever know.

I understand exactly what you mean 👍

[@badnelly7819]

Bless your healing strong soul✨

[@Lisat-lj5qb]

Same got to cut the feeling of being disowned constantly xx

[@sheyjayde3010]

This song made me feel not alone for the first time in a long time. having cut my mother out of my life almost two years ago. she was 80% the most toxic person i have ever met but the 20% is what i loved, the person i would do anything for and i did. to the point of putting my own health at risk. im glad to now say that i still have bad days. days where i dont want to get out of bed and i miss my mum and siblings so much that i honestly think it might kill me but then i realise that im so much better now and that has to come first. my own health. Thank you so much RØRY for making me feel a little less crazy!!

[@bigpuma2149]

Honestly I feel thus but with my dad I don't have any contact with him and it's been a year but I miss him like crazy not knowing if my dad is ok or if he's not the hardest thing has been my siblings I miss them every day some time I see them otherwise than that I can text them but I just feel bad

[@sheyjayde3010]

i get that

[@krysh8870]

this is how i feel about my dad but i havent talked to him in probably over 6 yrs

[@Rue2love]

I feel the same about my mom.

[@katiekoo-koohead2551]

As someone who recently had to cut my mother and therefore most of my family out of my life do you have any advice for how to deal with this pain..... I not only cut them out but the thing that breaks my heart is I didn't get to say goodbye to my niece and nephew and I moved across the country with my bf. I just want some sort of help

[@isobellizzie3801]

Artists like this, Remind me of why I love to write music. Keep healing those hearts babe!

[@maddelyn6420]

This song resonates so deep. It acknowledges how hard and painful it is to cut them out, but we have to do it. The trauma they’ve given us doesn’t leave us a choice. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t take every little bit of strength I have.

[@jayceecurran]

I never thought I would lose my family After spending years being hurt by them and realizing what they truly thought about me I can’t look at them the same anymore It’s hard seeing someone almost everyday to then not all Part of me feels like it’s missing but strange finding a what life is like without them

[@hzkilla7551]

Yeah same here,just surround yourself worth people who love you 🙂

[@edddonnabedwell1303]

Sounds like my family tree

[@kittyHK3]

Sometimes we have to do what's best for us. Been 14 years since I spoke to my bio dad. It's hard but you adjust x

[@effy4936]

Recently found out exactly what my family think of me too, now comes the hard part... getting away from them and keeping them out

[@mysticfyr]

Not only is it rare to find a female artist I can sing along with without having to drop everything an octave, but to find a song that resonates so deeply ❤️

[@JaseekaRawr]

Seriously! Her adhd content was already scarily accurate to me lol. I send it to my husband so he can laugh at how spot on it describes me. Now I find out Rory does music & it's also the same thing I'm going through 🥲 This song is very helpful 😭❤

[@rdenouden]

So recognisable. As soon I was 18 I chopped down the tree and burnt all ships behind me and left on a moped with nothing more than a small bag of clothes. Then learned about my ADHD at 37 after filling a parent survey form to help my daughter with her issues that looked somewhat what I experienced and I at 12 was just diagnosed as lazy and indifferent. All the things you describe in your clips are so recognisable, thank you!

[@zullycervantes7176]

I've never had a song hit so hard. It is truly a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing.

[@briahunt2581]

Both of my parents have passed. The actions of my siblings afterward spoke VOLUMES at my mother's memorial. I walked away hurt and angry, and my own SIBLINGS had a part in it after I thought we would rally together. That's why I am starting my own tribe with my fiance and future stepdaughter.

[@ArawynnEveningstar]

Just discovered this song last night and have listened to it several times already, crying every time. I haven't spoken to most of one side of my family for years because of an event that happened when I was a teen, done by another family member. I went no contact with my mother years ago as well. I had to do it to save myself. It is not easy to do, especially when you have their only grandchild. I couldn't let what happened to me, happen to him. I have been told so many times "you only have one family and you will regret it" but family is not always healthy and what is best for you. I made it a mission to break the toxic cycle in my family. It still breaks my heart and I grieve for the childhood I never had.

[@samanthawroten896]

Didn't know I needed this song in my life but I really did

[@matthewloat6982]

I lost my brother 12 days ago I'm so grateful we made our peace before he passed . See you down the road bruv Rory your music is amazing

[@sadpan_duh2173]

This song makes me want to fix my relationship with my dad but I know it's helpless. Your music is amazing.

[@cheriecasey9754]

Nothing is helpless darling do it please my Mom and Dad are gone and it’s too late don’t let it be too late for you and hun please death is the only thing Permanent

[@behuman3811]

It goes the same with my sibling. I'll leave my hope, never take it back. Goodbye

[@natashadelmonte6767]

Your lyrics are so deep, you’ve captured raw emotions so well in your songs. I love your art ❤

[@chrissywillis938]

This song really hit home for me. Growing up with the mother that I did, and all the emotional abuse she did to me. She had her good times don't get me wrong, but there are some pretty deep scars that she left that are still healing 20 years later. But hearing this song, made me feel like I wasn't alone.

[@ioanapanciu323]

I've found out recently that my mother has a narcissistic personality disorder and that I have been abused all my life. I lived till now in a fictional world created by my mind in order to protect me. I thought that I deserved all this abuse and my mother, my family, has done all these awful things because they loved me and I thought that I was broken and the only way to fix myself is thru their abuse. Because of this I was on the edge. Now I've cuted the connections with my mother but in my head I still miss that world of lies in which I was living. This song gave me strength. Thank you.

[@seleinathescorpio]

I hope you're doing better and never forget you deserve to feel safe and loved no matter what

[@junaar2538]

It’s like you’re telling my Story. I wish you the best🙏🏼

[@lanakw]

Hugs to u im so sorry u had to go thru all of that. None of us shud have but i hope ur better off now ❤

[@hannahdeyzel6080]

I've never in my life had a song hit me in the core like this. Every word is like I've wrote it. I can't explain it

[@sparky1212new]

I rarely if ever cry. It isn't something I do. Over the years and the damage that was done I can't always cry when I need to but this song made tears I didn't even know I still had come out even my soul was crying and it felt good. Thank you Rory.

[@amywright3862]

having a dad that hasnt been a part of my life this song hits hard i needed this thank you

[@alexandraf11]

You are appreciated more than I have words to express. I'm still stuck with the same narcissist family and every day is a struggle when you are alone but I can say I'm still a good person after 32 years and I'm not sure why . But that has hit home and I cried for you and everyone else who feels like we are not good enough or don't matter to the people we care so much for. Thank you

[@bottomofastairwell]

Man, this song hits so deep. My family is so screwed up, absent dad who only decided he felt like being a father after I was grown (then wonders why we have no relationship), abusive mom who i had to go completely no contact with. And then my sister, the only decent one in our family, who was so screwed up by my mom's manipulation and gaslighting that she didn't speak to me for almost a decade. I'm happy to say that my sister and I are closer than ever now and things are good. She's the one person I can trust and count on. But man, the rest of my family is fucked. So yeah, this song hits super deep. Thank you. Couldn't have been easy to write

[@Jader92]

Right in the feels! How have I only just discovered your music WOW

[@amberbennett4843]

Idk what I'd do without your music since I've found it 🥰 you're so talented, Rory!

[@Accurate.Toy.Story.Collector]

Family estrangement needs to be talked about more openly, I can't stand this attitude of "oh but they're your family". Your family should be the people that make you happy, build you up and protect you, they should never be the source of your pain and sadness. I'm only now learning in my 30's to separate myself from the toxic people in my family, I wish I didn't have to but it's my only choice.

[@Hamstertrailsandgerbiltales]

I relate to this song so much infact it got me to speak about stuff from my past in order to put me on a journey of healing so thank you rory xxx

[@FoxieeBabiee]

This song has helped me so much .. the little bits on tiktok hit me so hard . Im currently trying to get through my past and present with my mother . Ive realised i just need to break free of my trauma

[@Skullchaos72]

I would like to thank you for your amazing music and the immense amount of healing this song has done for me.

[@outdoormexican3943]

So many words that could be said, but I'll let her sing them instead!! Phenomenal song!!!

[@FrozenWillow1980]

I have been waiting 22 years for a song like this. Tones and I came close with 'Bad Child' - Demi Lovato came close with 'Warrior' - but this song is SPOT ON and so poignant for me. Thank you artist for this wonderful song. It has went into my faves for sure. I was abused by my bio father and Mum stood by him. Sister stood by me for a while until I went to the media to tell my story. My family asked me, why now? Because I was no longer ashamed. My sister spread false stories about me and my children and that's when I knew I came from a narcissistic family. Now I can't wait to start afresh somewhere else, but as God is my witness I will obtain my degree first. Cutting every mode of contact once I'm gone from this area and living somewhere else.

[@BreeBree011299]

just know you're not alone. I know this is a random comment reply on KZbin, but I packed up my children and moved half way across the country with them and their dad. My next goal is our own place and my college education. You CAN do it. Our parents do not, and never did, deserve us. Respect and love to you from someone who understand all too well

[@FrozenWillow1980]

@@BreeBree011299 Thank you. I made the stupid mistake of allowing them back in my life - fluffin stupidity on my part believing my aunt (maternal aunt btw) "He's changed after he was in prison for what he did" He knows where I live. Every year we get this envelope with money in it from haha wait for it "Gran and Grandad" - A grandad only in name. He struck my 7 year old son, long before our country came out with the smacking ban. I still hear his cries and feel guilt. My son is autistic. In a meltdown moment my son threw a wii remote because he was asked to come through for dinner. He has PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) along with autism. I was pregnant with my youngest. Contact with my father had been happening sporadically for about 4 years by that point. When he did that to my son, I froze on the spot and instantly, everything that happened in my childhood came flooding back and all of a sudden, I was that little child again, fearful of him. To think, a heavily pregnant woman with 3 children, felt fear, felt like a child again! Actually tearing up thinking about it rn. I had to escape but how? Then my daughter found out about what I had went through as a child because my sister had went to the media in 2002, as did I, but anonymously at the time. I went fully public in 2017. My daughter, in 2014 then 15 stated she did not feel comfortable with my father in the house and that it was her or him. I chose my children. I sat down with both of my parents and said to my mother that she was still welcome, but as for him, he would not be as my daughter did not want to be anywhere near him. They accepted it and both did not come back. It was an easy route to cutting them out, but not entirely. We still seen them in public places - restaurants as an example. Until I went to the media in 2017 about my story and that was my way out of this toxic relationship. I didn't want to speak to them and they did not want to speak to me. But they will quite gladly speak to my sister because they can manipulate her and in turn, she tries to manipulate me but I can see right through it. Because they both know where I live, it terrifies me if my mother dies first, before him. She has dementia and his time is taken up by looking after her. I remembered one time he said he knew some really violent people from prison and would not hesitate to contact them if need be. Some things he had said during those stupid 6 years of believing my aunt that he had "changed" just cropped back up into my mind and has put the fear into me, hence the reason for moving. I have CCTV up on my house to watch and I live in a constant state of anxiety. My sister lives in this area and any moment I step outside I fear seeing her. Not because of what she may or may not do, but because every time I see her, the memories come flooding back. I am so much closer to my goal as we are nearly halfway through degree year and next summer we will be moving. Thanks for listening. Take Care.

[@DoneandDustedWithBozos]

Thanks for releasing this song. I love it when you can find songs that so heavily express how you feel. :) Wishing you the best.

[@Katarina155]

I found this from your ADHD videos. Girl you are just a bucket full of talent. Im going to be binging this channel for the next bit💙

[@vampire20518]

Same!

[@caysontoys23]

This is such an empowering songs. Love and strength in every word every note. ❤️

[@sarahdurkan8198]

Every single world reminds me of the relationship I don’t have with my mother….therapy helped but it still hurts and a simple sorry would heal the pain…words I’ll never hear. Thank you for bringing beautiful art to a painful subject, love and best wishes to you for a successful career ❤

[@rebeccajefferds9203]

Every song you sing and write is extremely powerful and healing, thank you

[@vladimirulvrish]

Time to listen to this on repeat for th next week

[@25Bayor]

So amazing, makes me shiver all over. Brilliant song.

[@tracycaswell4879]

This song made me cry, its about me and my Dad. Thankyou for giving me strength 🖤

[@L3l1nk]

This literally made me cry so hard. So many times. 😭 Love youuuu 🖤

[@fanggirl1992]

Every time this song grabs at my heart. Family sure has a way of fucking us up.

[@hayleigh2348]

I cried. It's like I wrote this myself... I have listened to every song of yours now and I'm LOVING your music 🎶 x

[@seliahwinter7808]

This is probably the only song I can listen to everyday and never get bored of, I get chills every time. It resonates with me at such a deep level. Thank you so much ❤

[@ОДНАЖДЫНАЗЕМЛ]

Классная музыка 🤠

[@lupin4121]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your music, one of my fave artists. ❤❤❤

[@rebeccacole7423]

this one hit really hard thank you for all your songs they are really helpfully atm

[@n1xt3r]

Every goddamn word pounding in my heart😭💔🔥

[@blademaster7967]

nice!!, hi for Russiya, i love Rory

[@emmar2527]

Amazing song, can't count how many times I have listened to it

[@ICdedppl666]

The feelings I got from listening to this brought me back to my emo teenage years, almost 20 years ago. Ouch.

[@stephanieberry6924]

Girl you are crazy talented! 🔥 Sad to know a lot of people can relate to this song.. you have an amazing voice keep up the good work 👌🏼 X

[@SoftCarno-co7wu]

Trigger warning I recently had a suicide attempt about two months ago and listening to your music has been helping me drastically. I wish I could be more heartfelt in this comment but my emotions have been a mess and I’m having a hard time putting my appreciation into words.

[@RealConservativeWoman]

I never comment. I found you in Facebook for ADHD content due to my intense trauma. I loved you then, but wow. I have never been so impacted by a song. I'm so proud of you! I'm so thankful you were just late instead of giving up ❤

[@Micahmancer]

the song, the meaning, your voice, everything. outstanding and beautiful. i relate to it too much

[@chloebray3933]

Tears and more tears. This song makes me remember why I cut ties with all my family. And how I don’t regret it at all which is sooo sad but it’s what they deserve the don’t deserve me to keep acting like the perfect child who does everything they say and doesn’t fight back. ❤😢 xxxx

[@zebraskin]

I've been no contact with my mom for some years. She has recently tried to reconnect, without accept her faults. As a gold standard (AuDHD) this is one of my parting songs. I'm so glad I found my Rich

[@lisajena42]

its been years. my dad died when i was 17 and recently i've started start adressing all the things i learned/got from him. i cant find the words.....im so mad at him. i still love him, but im so so mad at him. this really expresses all those feelings. it really hit hard when i frist heard it. thank you for writing this.

[@therandomshow_]

This song right here...the part about going no contact hit the hardest.

[@skyhenigan9953]

The most powerful song I have heard, felt or connected with. I needed this. Thankyou

[@gracielakh]

This has been on my repeat for the past week. I feel like this is written for me and my family 😢 thank you ❤❤❤

[@RenaraHawke]

My heart is breaking and my soul felt every part of this song. I can't stop singing it. Thank you for making the music you do. 💚🌿💚

[@ashvanbro9329]

Absolutely love Roxanne's work aka RØRY KEEP BEING STRONG MY GOOD FRIEND

[@lunarpeanut6867]

I normally cannot listen to songs about mental health or ones struggles but I found this song on a reel from FB and I just had to hear it. This song gives a voice to my inner thoughts and I am so here for it! My mom's and dad's family were very abusive and that trickled all the way down and I sometimes can't help but feel like I want to cut down the whole family tree and use it as firewood. METAPHORICAL, please don't take that literally. Suffice to say this song is going to have a permanent place on my playlist

[@2crazed4u]

Wooo 🎉 great song

[@RichardBramlett]

It always amazes me how, as children, we normalize bad behavior on behalf of family. We can, not easily, but definitively cut "friends" or acquaintances out of our lives, but somehow it's taboo to discuss the same with family. While I do agree that family DOES get more slack when it comes to forgiveness and righting wrongs, however, we far too often allow our mental health to suffer at the hands of those we love because they are "family."

[@chancetime6420]

Blood does not equal family. Here's to being with the family of our choosing.

[@darksunsh9]

Thank you for this. I pray for Everyone involved in this toxic family tree😊

[@Peachyzelda]

I resonate with this so much. Thanks for the lyrics and the accelerated healing. Amazing, it was hard listening to live but I loved it still.

[@MismakClapsBack]

My friend found you on tiktok and sent it to me. I needed this. Coming up on 4 years. Getting all the help I need 🙏

[@Lin_Linz_]

you continue to get me to tear up with how powerful your music is keep up the artistic excellence, comrade

[@grimsbeast]

All of your music has made me feel something...but this one struck me to the core. Glad I'm not the only one who had to do this.

[@Iamirxclej]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh milady this song is hittttt🖤🖤🖤💗

[@carringtonthomson6343]

I never thought a song would sound just like my life and what I've been through this is amazing

[@scottd1311]

13 seconds into the song and I was already crying…. ❤😢❤

[@ToniS1992]

Damn, u said exactly whats bin happening in my heart and brain for years, i love them but they nearly made me loose myself. Thank you for this song 💚👌🏻

[@EsmeraldaMarieCullen]

Been waiting so long for this video to come out! I'm so happy it's finally here!!! Thank you so much!

[@alexmoore2615]

Love this song even know it cuts so deep t ok me

[@beccabreathedeep3]

Today, i realized why i was so drawn to this song. It fits the fucked up situation my "brother" has put me in too well. Thank you Rory ❤️ i needed this.

[@No_cenzur]

На репите 🔁 люблю 😻 спасибо 🙏🏻

[@ariannerandle]

This hit so hard for me 😢 thank you for existing ❤

[@jennyradloff6779]

I went no contact with every family member I have, my twin, my mom, my dad, all extended family....I just couldn't keep putting me last all the time, I was never enough, and I was tired of the mental, physical, and emotional abuse....when I stop and think about it, I cry, but I know it's for the best

[@brittneyh9815]

Wow that’s all I can say! I’ve been searching for a son that could somewhat explain the relationship I have with my “mother” she threw me out the front door 1 year and 9 months ago. We’ve seen each other twice since. No words. The last thing she told me was I must have enjoyed being s-ually molested and abusive relationships.😮 she still can’t except the responsibility of what happened to me as a child multiple times…all because she didn’t agree with my adult decisions. She’s drug me through the trash of lies. I walk proudly it’s me who endured all that..not her. I also had her on a pedestal. The one who does no wrong always making excuses for her. She did all this in front of my pre-teenage children. That’s the last time I will allow her to hurt me..physically.mentally.ect. Thank you you have no idea how much this song means to me, bless you and your journey ❤️

[@cassandralamica220]

I just heard this song on a Facebook reep for the first time last night and when I first saw the video, I didn't realize it was a song, I almost went off, I'm so glad I listened to the whole song. My children are my life, the reason I'm breathing, my daughter passed away 4 years ago, and if I weren't pregnant with my son when I lost her, I wouldn't be here, my son is the reason I continue to wake up, I haven't given up, I could never imagine treating him the way I (and my siblings) was treated growing up, the way my mom treated us. I felt that my story was necessary because I didn't want to make it seem like only my son was important, my daughter is/was, and I miss her more than anything, on the other hand, I have a little piece of her still, knowing that I'm giving my son the best parts of me, because I can never thank him enough for saving my life.

[@muzikluvar000]

I've been listening to this on repeat since I discovered it on Tiktik a few days ago and just...thank you, your words connect with me on a deep level. It's like hearing my own pain on a sound track

[@astheticxmystery2886]

My sister physically, sexually, and emotionally abused me from ages 2-8 and continued to physically abuse me until I stood up for myself at age 15... She then carried on to physically abuse her girls, all except her youngest who was around 2 at the time and they got taken away from her and live with their grandparents (my parents) and the last to live with her bany daddy.. I was sexually abused by my brother 1 time when I was 5.. my family has had a lot of unspoken physical and sexual abuse over the course of 4 generations and I am sick to my stomach knowing that it got this bad and no one, NO ONE would do anything to stop it... I will... I am the cycle breaker... It stops with me... This song both speaks to and breaks my inner child/teen... 😭💔

[@alyssamcgowan6412]

I thought if my sisters with this song too 😢

[@americanwadewilson]

Nothing... But... Chills

[@maggiewolf9284]

It's a matter of survival and of breaking the chain. Thank you.x❤x

[@angelgilland3718]

Absolute chills! I've had to fully go no contact with my bio family and this, I don't have good enough words to explain just how it resonates with me

[@shelbymartinez588]

This song has been on repeat for days. I've been really struggling with my mom choosing to not be in my life rather than to just apologize for all the hurt she caused. And last night I got the call that she's now in a coma that she won't wake up from, and it's killing me that I'll never get that apology and my kids will never know their granny

[@phillmckinnon3937]

Another emotional masterpiece. 😢

Exactly what i feel. My Dad has died a few weeks ago. Time to leave this futility. You got me

[@svone4059]

Thank you, Roxanne) epic track)

[@The19LinkinPark97]

That hit me right in the gut, I had my parent on pedestal for like 15 years, and when I finally realized he is not the person I had him for, it was very painful and sad...

[@Crazy_animal_lady]

Another song that hits me after going through trauma at a young age and now being an adult its like the letter i would write to my the person who put ne through rhe trauma , just want to say your music is amazing ❤

[@Liliths_wife]

This is the song that sucked me in. My brother and sister are no longer in my life as of July 2023. I kicked my sister out of my car and never looked back. She was putting her hands on me for standing up for myself finally. My heart hurts for you knowing that you came close to not creating anymore.

[@julianastarlight5097]

Love you Rory 💙🖤

[@helenwatterson8636]

absolutely love this song

[@RevoltRhiannon]

I love the visual!

[@codeyyleo]

Thankyou for writing this relate to every word

[@elizabethgrant2072]

It's been three year's my grandmother is on her deathbed everyone is asking for forgiveness but they made me lose everything my marriage my kids my home any home for family of my own and years of childhood trauma and all I want to do is scream this song is exactly how I feel. Fuck the bullshit and madness they put me through blood isn't thicker then water!

[@BobbiJade96]

The actual phrase is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" meaning the bonds we forge for ourselves, that we choose and invest in are more important than the ones we're born to x

[@meganthemarauder]

To everyone who tore down that family tree.. we got this.❤