[00:36.68] Once upon a time there was a girl
[00:45.61] In her early years she had to learn
[00:53.61] How to grow up living in a war that she called home
[01:02.53] Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm
[01:11.09] Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face
[01:19.85] Everytime my father's fist would put her in her place
[01:28.71] Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
[01:37.34] Hoping it would be over soon
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[01:46.15] Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
[01:53.67] And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
[02:01.34] Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
[02:07.72] Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
[02:19.06] And I'm OK
[02:21.12]
[02:29.74] I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
[02:38.14] When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
[02:46.33] Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
[02:54.41] The echo of a broken child screaming "please no more"
[03:02.99] Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done
[03:11.13] To you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on
[03:18.97]
[03:19.83] Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
[03:27.29] And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
[03:34.78] Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
[03:41.00] Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
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[03:53.60] It's not so easy to forget
[04:01.11] All the lines you left along her neck
[04:08.44] When I was thrown against cold stairs
[04:15.89] And every day I'm afraid to come home
[04:20.30] In fear of what I might see there
[04:26.32]
[04:27.63] Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same
[04:34.78] And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
[04:42.05] Strength is my mother for all the love you gave
[04:48.14] Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday
[04:59.10] And I'm OK
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[05:09.13] I'm OK
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