Once upon a time there was a girl.
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
It hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face
Everytime my father's fist would
Put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon
Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother, for all the love she gave
And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
And I'm ok
I often wonder why I carry all this guilt,
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming "please, no more"
Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done?
For you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on
Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
It's not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And ev'ry day afraid to come home,
In fear of, what I might see next
Bruises fade, father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother, for all the love she gave
And ev'ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
And I'm ok Mm
I'm ok