• As the waves crash on the sand
    Washing over my feet
    I know I should be at your hand
    But instead I stand here and weep
    I know I should be at your side
    But no longer feel safe there
    I know I can be so much more
    But I fear that I’ve forgotten
    What it’s like to be afraid
    You know how much it means to me
    To be able to turn and run away
    From the things that have hurt me
    You know what it’s like to be there
    So as I stand here on the sand
    I just wish to say one thing
    To you

    I can’t stand the way you look at me
    It makes me feel just like a child
    You can’t know where you’ve scarred me
    My heart is one place to begin with
    I hope some day you will look and see
    The broken piece of art
    Standing here within me

    As the wind blows through the trees
    I hope you realize how you hurt me
    I know it wasn’t all your fault
    Over time I became so weak
    So as I try to say farewell
    I hope you’ll understand me
    When I say

    I can’t stand the way you look at me
    It makes me feel just like a child
    You can’t understand how you’ve hurt me
    You ripped me apart all over
    I hope some day you’ll look and see
    The broken piece of art
    Breaking from within me

    I can’t afford to fall in love
    Last time it cut so deep
    So as my tears fall on your hands
    I hope that you will forgive me
    But my heart’s been torn to shreds
    I’m afraid you can’t trust me
    But I’ll try to take a stand
    Against all the ones who hurt me
    I promise you that someday
    You’ll finally listen when I say
    That I can’t take it anymore
    As I scream and slam the door
    I know you just wanted to help me out
    But it had the opposite effect
    You screwed me up to where I can’t love
    Anything or anyone
    You don’t know a single thing
    About who I am underneath
    All the hate
    Or is it love?
    I’d love for you to find out
    In a way that’d kill you
    In the same way it killed me
    I’m afraid I cannot love
    Or be loved by anyone
    Someday I promise you’ll understand
    Why you cannot take my hand