Intro: 2x
Verse1:
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
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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...
Chorus1:
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
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And I m ok...
Verse2:
I often wonder why I carry all this guilt,
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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...
Chorus2:
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...
Bridge:
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...
Chorus1:
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...