Battered and bruised

Sinking into the wooden floor
She chokes on her tears as they trickle down her face
The end is coming today
Her Daddy's gonna leave and never come back
And they'll blame her once again
She can hear it now, the cursing and the names
She can feel it now, the hits and the blame
And he's gone, he's never coming back
He had no plan to stay anyway
He just disappeared and left her here
Without love and without hope

Three months clean from the rusty metal
All forgotten in 3 minutes
Her strength to fight the addiction too weak
She opens the drawer and prepares to bleed

Slicing every mark carefully into her arms and legs
She ponders how badly life went today
It used to be so easy
Waking up every morning
But now it just gets harder to open her eyes
Because every night she falls asleep between her cries

Where is her love?
He left because she wasn't good enough for him
Where is her hope?
Well it's not God because he wouldn't save her from herself
Where is her reason to live?
Nowhere, because no one cares
She can die tonight and leave here

With one last carve of the blade
She left a memory
Telling everyone
(You can just forget me)