I'm OK

Christina Aguilera

Millennium

Mmm, mmm

Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm

It hurt me to see the pain
Across my mother's face
Every time my father's fist
Would put her in her place
Hearing all the yellin'
I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

Bruises fade father
But the pain remains the same
And I still remember
How you kept me so afraid
The strength is my mother
For all the love she gave 
Every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday
And I'm OK

I often wondered why I carry all this guilt 
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming please no more
Daddy don't you understand the damage you have done
For you it's just a memory
But for me it still lives on

Bruises fade father
But the pain remains the same
And I still remember
How you kept me so, so afraid
The strength is my mother
For all the love she gave 
Every morning that I pray
I look back at yesterday

It's not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And everyday afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see next

Bruises fade father
But the pain remains the same
And I still remember
How you kept me so afraid
The strength is my mother
For all the love you gave 
Every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday
And I'm OK
Mmm, I'm OK