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Where Were You
There's something 'bout the mirror that she hated
The thought of it just got her aggravated
Imperfect, stupid, ugly, and rejected
Perhaps these words the mirror had reflected
With mom working, dad not in the picture
Her friends busy, as well as her sister
She comes to the conclusion no one wants her
Suddenly, she turns into a monster
She's sobbing as she strikes out at the wall
She screams although it doesn't hurt at all
She's too numb for all this blood to matter
Through her eyes it's just a pretty splatter
She'd tried to reach out, but nobody listened
It's not her fault they ran from her admission
She grabs a pair of scissors from the table
She slits her wrists, surprised that she was able
Blood like rain, her heart echoes like thunder
And no one knows it as she's slipping under
Silence fills the room, the only sound is
Her fading breath as she comes to regret this
Scared as hell, she tries to stop the bleeding
Can't go back now, life's begun receding
As darkness falls around her she is thinking
Of things she'll never do because she's sinking
In a puddle of dark red, her body fighting
She wishes that the light looked less inviting
She can't help but want to leave life behind
In the shadows of the past, no longer confined
Too late to turn back, she starts to follow
A path to the unknown, her body hollow
She's found her freedom, now she's running wild
God's made another angel of this child
But she looks down from Heaven, her mom's crying
She wonders, "where were you when I was dying?"
A father never there weeps for his daughter
Ashamed of what abandonment had taught her
Her sister and her friends are down there grieving
She wonders, "where were you when I was leaving?"
Her body's lowered, everyone is praying
"Sorry"s all that they find themselves saying
But the time has passed, there'll be no more forgiving
She wonders, "where were you when I was living?"
