"Where did you come from?"

I came from midwestern, pentecostal christianity and bullheaded atheism.

I came from love and neglect; from joy and pain; from laughter and tears.

I came from the poor-house below the hill.

I came from the poor-house above of the hill.

I came from the greatest lie ever told.

I came from a forgotten history and an unknowable future.

I came from fear and regret.

I came from passion, rebellion, and resolve.

I came from the depths of doubt and self-loathing.

I came from a classical background with a rock and roll attitude.

I came from a struggle for dignity.

I came from below, and it is here I shall remain.

I came from a mistake of chemistry.

I came from one last hope; and it's dying breath.

I came from the end and then the beginning.

I came from history and it's aftermaths.

I came from civilization and it's discontents.

I came from barbarians and savages.

I came from the prairie and the moorland.

I came from feather and stone.

I came from a small town in a big city.

I came from somewhere inside.