Daddy

Sweet little girl, with nothing to say

She hides in the smile she wears on her face

The secrets of her, the family keeps

The secrets of him that blacken the sheep

She shakes at the sound of jingling keys

The man that she loves, the violent disease

'Cause when he's around, there's nothing to hide

She makes no sound as she swallows her pride

Daddy only comes when he's ready for more

She waits on the floor

She watches the door

And daddy only comes when he's begging for more

And just like before

He opens the door

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(Are you sober now, is it over?)

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(She'll be so let down when she's older)

Play her father when she cries

(Now she's so messed up, and she says)

All I want is

Now he returns, like every time

With rum on his breath, and her on his mind

There's no one around to witness the crime

A scream won't sound past the property line

The man that she loves, the wicked offense

She takes the attention, suppresses the rest

Emotion and pain, it can't be disguised

The smaller she feels, the bigger she cries

And daddy gives it all 'cause he loves you the most

He's stretching your clothes

You're clenching your toes

He says he gives it all 'cause he loves you the most

He's holding you close

His hands on your throat

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(Are you sober now, is it over?)

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(She'll be so let down when she's older)

Play her father when she cries

(Now she's so messed up, and she says)

All I want is you

All I want is

Now she's of age, and he's on his last

But nothing can heal the scars of her past

She feels so alone and angry, because

She sees him the way the family does

So late in the night, her eyes seeing red

And daddy lay sick on the hospital bed

She creeps in the room with a bag in her hand

And smothers the face of a terrible man

If daddy only stopped when she begged him before

He'd be so much more

She'd be so much more

If daddy only stopped when she begged him before

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(Are you sober now, is it over?)

Weigh your heart against my eyes

(And she's so let down, now she's older)

Play his daughter when he lies

(Now you're so messed up, and he says)

All I want is you

(Now you're so messed up, and he says)

All I want is you

(And she's so let down when he lies)

All I want is