let my eyes remind you you're safe

i was born into what i believed was a happy family
i soon discovered it was not what i thought it would be
my daddy was the central figure of all authority
my sister and mother were victims like me and we shuddered helplessly

your daddy loves you, that's good for you
'cause my daddy hates me and that is my burden to carry

have you ever looked up at your father
and said i want to be just like him someday
only to realise later in life you should watch exactly what you say
and did the pain always linger for you just moments after the hit
or did you spend hours trying to understand if you did something to deserve it

your daddy loves you, that's great for you
'cause my daddy hates me and that is my burden to carry

let my eyes remind you you're safe

now my family has to decide where we want to go from here
after a lifetime of running away, we've built up a whole lot of fear
you know it is no one else's choice how long we choose to make out pain last
and whether we move on with our lives or get caught somewhere up in the past

your daddy loves you so you couldn't understand
yeah you're daddy loves you so you wouldn't understand
why my daddy hates me and that is my burden to carry