Child, come here and feel my arms around you
Boy, smile because I love you too
My sweet little angel all soft and new
I'll fend the beasts off as they say "boo"

ONLY AT KNIFEPOINT would she say these words I've missed
ONLY FOR FEAR OF HER LIFE woud she try to remove my past's mist
I ONLY WISH she would've said them gentler
SHE SOUNDED SO REMOTE; more afraid then tender

I needed contact and a soft kiss to care but not to survive
And so here I am not giving a damn and holding up a knife
It's too late for me to bother for the pleas of others
For when I cried from the darkened room nobody came; not even HER