Little Bit Broken

Broken doll, shattered dreams
Pain that runs too deep
Little girl so all alone
Crying out only in her sleep

Monsters trail so close behind
The past too close to flee
The fear inside
Too big, too real
From neither can she ever be free

The trust is gone
The hope withered
The love twisted and shameful
The family she never had
And never will
Makes looking to the future
Much too painful

Plundered childhood, stolen innocence
Futures turned to dust
We carry on
Those who can
Surviving, only because we must

A child here
A monster there
A dirty little secret
A generation lost that night
A promise no one cared to keep

They were all so young
So full of life
Now you were just alive
We keep our pain locked up inside
And our past so close behind

Broken souls, shattered lives
A heart that can find no peace
Memories that never end
Regrets that never cease