This is an emotional tired tweet but Pity The Child is literally my favourite song ever like... I relate to so many parts of it (but with my grandparents, not with my parents) as from a very early age I realised that they wanted nothing to do with me

one side of my family didn& #39;t want anything to do with me and they showed this most explicitly with chucking a bucket of water over my head at a family gathering, and they all laughed at me as I shivered and cried. I was seven/eight years old.

they would always mock and make fun of me at gatherings and made me feel like utter crappp over what I had created or what I was doing. They also insulted my dad when he was crying over his father who had just passed away, and said he had never done enough for him.

it motivated me though to get away from them, even though they would always make me feel like I would never achieve anything. I got a place at one of the best universities in the world, three A*s, and yet I still never called. They wouldn& #39;t care. I realised that a long time ago.

so yeah... even though it still motivated me it still hurts. The Pity The Child music video is pretty naff but when Murray looks really motivated as he sings the lyric & #39;I had the skill and more the hunger& #39; and then he looks v upset with & #39;easy to get away& #39; YUP. THAT& #39;S MY SHIT

this thread is slightly oversharing but yup... I relate to so many parts. Also it helped me get through the period in my life when my A-level grades were downgraded and my place at cambridge was denied for a short time https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💓" title="Schlagendes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Schlagendes Herz"> aka when the government showed how classist they still are