Redemption

A young girl's eyes are filled with pain

She suffers from years of guilt and shame

She sleeps at night afraid of the dark

You know she fears always the tapping of daddy's knock

He says he's there to love her

He'll only do what's best and right

And then he starts to hold her

He touches her skin, she prays for redemption

Nobody sees behind her smile

Nobody hears the screams of a wounded child

Her secret burns inside her soul

You know she quit fighting and built her heart of stone

Another night is closing

She hears his footsteps at the door

His passion hungry for her

A fire so hot, it shattered her innocence

Take my burning hands

I want redemption

Show me who I am

Give me redemption

Help me to understand

God, help me find my redemption

Her daddy smells of smoke and gin

A prisoner of the lust that feed within

And mother's face is black and bruised

A lonely broken victim of daddy's rule

And when the world is sleeping

A voice is heard in deep despair

The sound of endless weeping

A desolate child whose sanity's questioned

Take my burning hands

I want redemption

Show me who I am

Give me redemption

Help me to understand

God, help me find my redemption

Give me redemption

Well, I need redemption, oh, yeah

Redemption

A young girl's eyes are filled with pain

She suffers, forever her life is changed

Take my burning hands

I want redemption

Show me who I am

Give me redemption

Help me to understand

God, help me find my redemption

Take my burning hands

Well, I want redemption

Show me who I am

Give me redemption

Help me to understand

God, help me find my redemption

Redemption

My redemption