I'm OK

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

Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face

Every time 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

Every morning that I wake, I look back to 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've 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?

To 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, so afraid

Strength is my mother for all the love she gave

Every morning that I wake, I look back to yesterday

It's not so easy to forget

All the marks you left along her neck

When I was thrown against cold stairs

And every day, I'm afraid to come home

In fear of what I might see next

Bruises fade, Father, but the pain remains the same (Same)

And I still remember how you kept me so afraid

Strength is my mother for all the love you gave

Every morning that I wake, I look back to yesterday

And I'm OK

I'm OK