There's big pieces of a life she can't remember
 Her mind shuts down, it's trying to protect her
 Might be for the best to forget but it seems like
 They always reappear when she least expects
 Late nights we lay awake, drowning in the lake that pours out of her face
 Years later she's still not safe
 Memories live out in the time,in the place
 The way he smelled,the way he smiled
 The evil she even recognized as a child
 Hand on her throat, sting of a fist
 Instead of her first kiss she got this
 Shameful feeling, painful secret
 Lonely knowin' that nobody would believe it
 Heavy wound that escapes the time capsule
 It hurts like the day it was born and it's brand new

 I wasn't there, babygirl, but I'm here
 I don't know what to say I just hear
 If there's one wish I could make [bad word] 
 I would shoulder that pain and take it off of you
 [bad word]  babygirl, [bad word] 
 You gotta' face what you're fighting head on
 Only one thing I could say in [bad word] 
 Gotta' deal with the demons before they deal with you

 How can she find peace in her mind when
 Love means returning to the scene of a crime
 I can feel it inside we reopen wounds every time we intertwine
 Such an evil design when you can't even enjoy the sweetness you find
 Trying to see through the tears in your eyes and rebuild your shrine
 one piece at a time
 and the K made it all fade away
 colors don't burn no more it's all gray
 Cant find heaven from within that shell but it's enough of a blessin' just not seeing [bad word] 
 Constant inner dialog says just end this rollercoaster ride you're on
 Only one solution seems final:
 slide into a hole where your pain can't find you

 I wasn't there babygirl but I'm here
 I don't know what to say I just hear
 If there's one wish I could make [bad word] 
 I would shoulder that pain and take it off of you
 [bad word] babygirl, [bad word] 
 You gotta' face what you're fighting head on
 Only one thing I could say in [bad word] 
 Gotta deal with the demons before they deal with you

 She said if I was meant to die he would've killed me
 There must be a reason that I still breathe
 I don't have the tools to rebuild me
 But I still believe that one day I could feel free
 And my body can be mine again
 My eyes can learn how to shine again
 My inner child won't have to hide and then
 When I'm strong then love can be invited in
 Sweet God that's all I ask of thee
 I'm willing to give what you demand of me
 I'm learning to embrace the reality
 That life doesn't always turn out how it's planned to be
 I didn't deserve what was handed me
 Only one who can grant happiness is me
 What it takes for her to face the day
 I can only hope to be half that brave

 I wasn't there, babygirl, but I'm here
 I don't know what to say I just hear
 If there's one wish I could make [bad word] 
 I would shoulder that pain and take it off you
 [bad word]  babygirl, [bad word] 
 You gotta' face what you're fighting head on
 Only one thing I could say in [bad word] 
 Gotta' deal with the demons before they deal with you