How does it feel...
To be denied when you're young?
To be put to bed quietly
The lullabies unsung
How does it feel...
To be told you're a waste?
To be chastised by your father
Takin' up too much space
How does it feel...
To lose your beloved son?
To want so, so badly
To have another one
How does it feel...
To love somebody when you can't love yourself?
To lock up your feelings
In a bottle on the shelf
How does it feel...
To put a needle in your arm?
To put away the hurt
To keep you safe from harm
How does it feel...
To have liquer as your friend?
To have drugs as your buddy
To want your life to end
How does it feel...
To have another child be born?
To be afraid to love again
To feel oh, so torn
How does it feel...
To have another daughter?
How do you not
Turn into your father
How does it feel...
To watch your family leave?
For their own safety
Can't go back, can't retrieve
How does it feel...
To be your daughter's idol?
When you know all along
You feel suicidal
How does it feel...
To feel oh, so alone?
Your dealer's the only one
You call on the phone
How does it feel...
To take that trip down Memory Lane?
To take your own life
To stop all the pain
How does it feel...
I don't really know.
I was the daughter
You never watched grow
How does it feel...
I have thought in wonder.
And though you couldn't love yourself
My love for you did not sunder
How does it feel...
It seems that knowing is not meant to be.
But you know what, my dear father?
A part of you lives on in me.