Bright lights speeding toward her car,
Screeching metal scraping against the tar,
Through his haze one thought comes through,
Shit, what did I do,
She never had a chance,
Not even a second glance,
Blood mixes with gas on the unforgiving ground,
That’s where she was found,
(Chorus)
Everyone’s screaming,
Tell Me I'm dreaming,
How can this be true,
17 and lots left to do,
His best friends in the sky,
Because he drank and got high,
He's still stuck in a blur,
Cops are crying for her,
She was the girl everyone loved and knew,
And now her life is through,
(Chorus)
He killed himself two days ago,
He couldn't live with the baggage he had to tow,
Two lives cut short without a good-bye,
Because he chose to drink and get high.
Leave me bleeding by the door,
Take everything you came for,
Steal my things go on ahead,
You'll leave with only guilt instead,
You'll never take my memories,
I never believed your stories,
Hide behind your lies,
So you can't see the truth in my eyes,
(Chorus)
Look around,
You're almost found,
Keep running away,
They'll get you today,
You live on peoples forgotten fears,
But you'll never forget my tears,
The shadows know what’s true,
And someday they'll catch up with you,
Everywhere you go they follow,
'Till your life’s empty and hollow,
Just like you left me, (2x)
(chorus)
Forget my tears,
Just like you forget your fears,
Look around,
(You've been found) (whisper)
Jakes wife died, must try to get by,
Must take of his girl named Sky,
Got a good job and lots of money,
But there is this feeling left so funny,
I'll just have a drink to take it away,
If Sky asks I'll know what to say,
(Chorus)
Hunny its not easy to be a Dad,
When mommy left I was so sad,
This just makes everything okay,
Now go back outside and play,
Sky grew up and he knew something was wrong,
But the worries never lasted very long,
The bottle was his friend,
And it made all his pain end,
(Chorus)
Shit my babies having a baby,
And its a for sure and not a maybe,
The boss just doesn't understand,
Ignorance the reason I got canned,
Hunny its not easy to be a mom,
Trust me I know and then some,
Give little Joe to the nice lady,
You're to young to have a baby,
Jakes wife died and everything went bad,
He knows he'll never get back the life he had,
35 and his grandsons gone,
And a daughter whose a dream gone wrong.
Sky had it all,
At her every beck and call,
Daddy was rolling in the cash (money, money)
Everyday was always sunny,
Rich girl in a hick town,
Punks not afraid to stare her down,
Fell in with the wrong people, (not good)
Doing things she never understood,
(Chorus)
Colors and sounds blur,
The world spinning around her,
Moans and groans,
Sweat and booze, you'll always lose,
Daddy's little girls not so little anymore,
Not since that night she saw him passed out on the floor,
Bottle in hand slumped against the chair, (go on take it)
He wont remember enough to miss it,
Days go by and nothing gets said,
Unaware of the monsters they just fed,
He lost his job and all his money, (has gone away)
She’s 15 with a baby on the way,
(Chorus)
Sky lost it all,
And she didn't have far to fall. (After all)
Joe grew up without anyone to care,
Lonely and always scared,
Violated and feeling worthless,
Not one soul in which to confess,
All he wants to do is get a way,
He knows they kill him one of these days,
His only solace is in written stories,
They take away all his worries,
(Chorus)
Living without everything for so long,
No one ever noticing what’s wrong,
Homes code for abandoned and lost,
Adults never really knowing the costs,
It sucks you in and spits you back out,
And leaves most with only self-doubt,
Finally 18, he took off on his own,
Wishing for a better life then the one he was shown,
No one will help him because of his past,
Living the life of an outcast,
(Chorus)
He gave up last year,
Ended with bloody tears,
He had no family to care,
That all his fighting ended right there.
His eyes are vacant, there's nothing there,
The white room around him is only bare,
The monitor beeps in the background,
That and his breathing is the only sound,
A women opens the door,
The sight of her brings back so much more,
Pain rips him from his chair,
Gun shots rip through the air,
Blood is everywhere, you can't escape,
It surrounds you till you suffocate,
(Chorus)
Look through his eyes,
Hear all his cries,
Pain comes back through words or faces,
And the memories take him back to other places,
A sorrowful silence descends on the room,
People unaware of the terrible doom,
The lonely sound of a trumpet calls out,
Tears from the sky wash away the grime on the grout,
The bodies of the dead lay silent in their tombs,
Unaware of the pain that always looms,
The room goes white as the memory leaves,
And all that’s left is the woman who greaves,
(Chorus)
All alone again the awareness is gone,
Not knowing anymore the things gone wrong,
His pain is his alone,
In silence, not hearing a tone.
Wandering eyes,
Know nothing but lies,
Hard and cold is this place,
Where no one has just one face,
Deceit is all she’s known,
Hate is all she’s been shown,
Tears go unnoticed in the world of grown men,
She has only herself on which to depend,
(Chorus)
A child in a world that doesn't care,
She knows life is never fair,
Every street has secrets hidden,
This is the world we live in,
Hunger is a fierce fire in her gut,
Loneliness is her companion in her rut,
Nothing to fear but fear itself,
Making it through all by herself,
(Chorus)
That child grew up and now life’s okay,
She made it big along the way,
Fake and unreal to some,
But she never forgot where she came from,
The truth is in her voice and her eyes,
A beacon in the dark sea of lies,
A woman in a world that doesn't care,
Grew up knowing the world was never fair
Is this who you think I should be?
Tell me so I can only see,
The picture perfect daughter,
You see in your head as you slaughter,
My self-confidence and tare,
Away my personality till there’s nothing there,
(Chorus)
Scream until your ears bleed,
And fill in that giant need,
Go ahead and beat me down,
Then promise to help me drown,
Years of neglect and abuse,
And no hope of ever reaching a truce,
Repetition beats your ideals inside,
A lost girl with no one to confide,
Yell a little louder to see if it gets through,
That all you ever wanted was for me to be just like you,
(Chorus) 2x
Help me drown,
While your pushing me down,
Scream a little louder,
And forget I'm your daughter.
(Chorus)
Lay me down to sleep,
And toss out the lies that we keep,
Playing this game with over and over,
And tell me we'll stay this way forever,
.
Just come and dream with me,
And forget about the life we lead,
Hold me tight and never let go,
In a land were nothing grows,
Except for the darkness in your eyes,
Fed by years and years of badly told lies,
.
(Chorus)
.
In this world of make believe,
We play our parts to try to deceive,
The things our heads keep playing,
Wondering if this games worth saving,
The roles of a tragic melody gone off key,
Is this how we really want to be,
.
(Chorus)
.
Tell me if we stay this way forever,
Will we try to make it better,
Tell me if we dream this way forever,
Will we always stay together,
.
Lay me down to sleep,
And promise I'm yours to keep.
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