Ventana

Seems like lessons learned from birth
 Is this really what you're worth
 Pacifier in your mouth numbs all the pain away
 Some don't get caught when they steal
 A couple hand jobs no big deal
 Twenty years before you feel
 Now I want to feel the pain
 When you survive there were times you lied
 And it felt so wrong
 To stay alive you can cry and it makes you strong
 For so long put others down
 Confrontations danced around
 Been so lost could you be found
 Looking for coincidence
 How you lost your innocence
 Been so hard to convince
 I should be here today
 When you survive sometimes
 You get high and it won't be wrong
 To stay alive you can cry
 'til the pain is gone
 Coping skills get in the way
 Misconstruing what you'd say
 Are you ready to be here now today
 You can't take all those years away
 Falling down like rain
 I could have killed you the first time
 Didn't know it was a crime
 Looking for some kind of sign
 I didn't need you
 It feels so good to be free of this prison memory
 You have no power over me
 I made my peace with you I'm free
 When you survive sometimes you want to die
 You feel so wronged
 To stay alive you get to cry
 You can cry all night long
 So glad you survived