Blood

This is a bit harsh but...

The blaming and the screaming

Burn like fire all night long

I keep myself awake

Crying down the hall.

 

Once he’s had his way with her

I bet he’ll come for me.

Just my daddy’s little girl

Should be safe and fast asleep.

 

Chorus

It’s only blood

Caked thick on her face.

He took her innocence

And gave her his name.

 

As the door creeks slowly open

She pretends that she’s asleep

He sits down on her bed,

Sneaks his hands between the sheets.

 

She wraps her arms around her pillow

Her insides begin to shake.

By the smell of liquor on his breath

Tonight there’d be no break

 

He rubs his hands across her lips

Down to the small of her back

She used to try to fight him

That’s when he’d really snap.

 

She looks to the ceiling crying

As he holds her hands over her head

A girl made a prisoner

In the sheets of her own bed.

 

Chorus 2

It’s only blood

Caked thick on her face.

He took her innocence

And gave her his name.

 

It’s only blood

Dried on the sheets

Her mother can’t wash it off

Like the sins of her mistakes.

 

 

Do your prayers fall on fossiled ears

When you kneel to pray

For the God that gave life to her

To take her pain away?

 

She looks into the night

Through a window to the sky

Says, “I went to church on Sunday

Where were you last night?”

 

Breathe soft, let it go

Smile through the pain

Trying to excuse

The bruises on your face.

 

And he says he loves her

But she lies to all her friends

Instead of, “I love my father,” it’s,

“Oh, my dad is dead.”

 

Chorus 3

It’s only blood

That runs like life through her veins

He took her innocence

And gave her his name.

 

It’s only blood

Stained on the sheets

Mom can’t wash it off

With the sounds of her screams

 

End Chorus / Bridge

It’s only blood on the pillow

It’s only blood mixed with the tears.

It’s only his blood,

Blood that you fear.