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
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 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
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 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