We open our Hearts so freely
We open our hearts so freely,
We surrender our all,
But when the bruises show,
We pretend it's just a fall.
We allow it to continue,
Each and every day,
We scream silent cries for help,
But no one hears, no one sees, no one say.
Even when we wince in pain,
We think it could get better,
Deep down we know it can't,
To them we do not matter.
Each and every day we live in fear,
Could this be our last?
In front of others we joke and laugh,
As not to show our past.
We allow ourselves to be bullied,
In every abusive way,
It happens in every shape and form,
Day after day after day.
We fear in life we fear in death,
But which of the two evils are better,
We are tormented in both,
So it doesn't really matter.
All I want is to love and be loved,
Is that too much to ask?
But every time I find it,
It becomes an impossible task.
I look all around me,
And I see it all there,
Couples so much in love,
It's more than I can bare.
I feel so alone,
Altho' friends are all around,
I open my mouth to tell them,
But nothing comes out, not a sound.
Never used to have this trouble,
Of sayin' what needed to be said,
Perhaps this man has changed me,
By the living in fear an' dread.
