Before there was time
Before there was anything
There was nothing.
And before there was nothing
There were monsters
As the page fades to yellow
Can you see this open book
Standards I thought were simply for your vanity I mistook
But I cannot remember
Where were you when I needed safety?
Stripped back my childhood pride so that the whole world
Could know my pain
You
Know the lies
I can't hide
Now ask
How do we bridge this divide between mother and child?
All the years now behind me
All the times that I'd given up
Only goes to show now
That our home did not lack in love
Every aching breath that I took
Every broken heart that you caused
At every turn now I look
And I realize that this pain can end
I
See the trials
I've supplied
Now ask
How do we bridge this divide between mother and child?
I hope I made you proud