Secret

Father works the late shift,<br>mother drinks herself to sleep<br>brother`s outside fiending with<br>a match and gasoline<br><br>They told her lies and gave her<br>no hope for tomorrow<br>and all the fairy tales just fade away<br>the brightest day of all the one that<br>she`s been needing <br>turns to gray<br><br>The boyfriend calls her crazy,<br>teacher bores us all to sleep<br>and friends are in the bathroom<br>speaking just like enemies<br><br>Nobody understands her heart<br>that`s left there bleeding<br>the dirty secret living in her mind<br>they`ll always tell you that you lit the fire<br>you`re feeding left behind<br><br>Always there to make you think that<br>you`re no good<br>there`s nothing wrong with what<br>you`ve done<br>they just wanna lift you up and throw <br>you down<br>and make you stop when all <br>you wanna do is run<br><br>Nobody understands the shame that<br>you`ve been feeling <br>the dirty secret living in her heart<br>it must be hard to put the pieces back<br>together, torn apart