I'm Ok

Intro: 2x

Verse1:


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
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Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm

It hurt me to see the pain across my mother s face

Everytime 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...

Chorus1:

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

And ev ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
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And I m ok...

Verse2:


I often wonder why I carry all this guilt,
Gamj7
When it s you that helped me put up all these walls I 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?

For you it s just a memory, but for me it still lives on...

Chorus2:

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

And ev ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday...

Bridge:

It s not so easy to forget

All the marks you left along her neck

When I was thrown against cold stairs

And ev ry day afraid to come home,

In fear of, what I might see next...

Chorus1:

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

And ev ry morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday

And I m ok... Mm...

I m ok...