Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 9:49 PM |

YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE
WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST
IT WAS FULL OF STRIFE,
AND JUST NO HOPE.

THAT NIGHT IN THE ROOM
YOU SEEMED SO SAD.
MY HEART ACHED FOR YOU
AND THEN YOU WHISPERED
OF FRIENDSHIP AND PEACE.
YOU BRIGHTENED MY LIFE.

YOU OPENED MY HEART
AND SHOWED ME THE WAY
OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP.

A BOND WAS BORN THAT NIGHT
A CHAIN SO STRONG
NO ONE CAN BREAK.

I ONCE WAS LOST
SCARED AND ALONE
THEN YOU CAME ALONG
AND I WAS NO MORE.

YOU SEE, YOU TOOK THIS
LITTLE CHILD IN ME
AND MADE ME SEE SHE
WAS WORTHWHILE.

I WAS IN MY GARDEN
THE SECRET ONE
WHERE I COULD RUN
AND HIDE
AND FEEL SAFE.

WHEN IN MY GARDEN
NO ONE COULD TOUCH ME
HIT ME
OR HURT ME
ONLY I KNEW OF THIS PLACE

MY ONLY FRIENDS WERE
THE WALLS
AND, SOMETIMES
I COULD HEAR THE BIRDS.

THERE WERE NO SOUNDS
ONLY SILENCE
THIS WORLD OF MINE
WITH NO ONE AROUND

I FELT LOVED,
YET ALONE
I FELT ALONE
YET IT WAS GOOD

I COULDN'T HEAR
I COULDN'T SEE
I DIDN'T CARE
NO ONE WAS NEAR

THE FISTS, THE PAIN
THE LEATHER BELTS
THE WORDS, THE SHOUTS
THE BLOODY WELTS
WITHIN MY WALLS
WERE ALL LOCKED OUT.

THE WALLS WERE TALL
NO ONE COULD SEE
THE TEARS THEY FELL
BUT NEVER BOTHERED ME

OH WHY, OH WHY
CAN'T YOU JUST LOVE ME
ALONE AND SCARED
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE.

YOU GAVE ME PAIN
YOU GAVE ME HELL
WHY, OH WHY
DID YOU ABANDON ME.


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