[female
vocals] (
Soft,
melancholic
piano
chords
fade
in) (
Breathless,
shaky
sigh)
Everything
you
said…
it
still
rings
in
the
walls.
Every
cold
word,
every
sharp
edge.
I’
m
listening.
You
stood
there
in
the
doorway,
shadow
casting
long,
Calling
a
tiny
heartbeat
everything
that’
s
wrong.
You
spoke
of
my
baby
like
a
burden,
like
a
stain,
Ignoring
all
the
sunshine
just
to
focus
on
the
rain.
I
take
the
insults,
darling,
I
bow
my
head
down
low,
Because
a
man
of
your
stature
has
nowhere
else
to
go.
What
was
I
thinking,
a
mother
of
three,
Trying
to
find
a
future
in
a
place
you’
d
never
be?
Take
back
the
venom,
take
back
every
lie,
About
the
life
inside
me,
beneath
this
hollow
sky.
If
I
cost
you
so
much
pain,
then
leave
me
to
the
dark,
I’
ll
carry
all
the
ashes,
I’
ll
harbor
every
spark.
I
accept
the
treatment,
I
deserve
the
sting,
For
the
foolish
little
hope
that
to
your
heart
I
cling.
You
call
this
child
a
mess,
a
mistake
in
the
frame,
But
this
seed
of
your
spirit,
it
carries
more
than
shame.
It
carries
all
the
sorrow
that
you
refused
to
see,
Growing
in
the
quiet,
blooming
spitefully.
I
hear
you
in
the
silence,
your
voice
a
jagged
blade,
Cutting
through
the
promises
that
we
never
really
made.
I
deserved
the
cold
shoulder,
I
deserved
the
bitter
taste,
For
thinking
that
a
man
like
you
had
any
time
to
waste.
Take
back
the
venom,
take
back
every
lie,
About
the
life
inside
me,
beneath
this
hollow
sky.
If
I
cost
you
so
much
pain,
then
leave
me
to
the
dark,
I’
ll
carry
all
the
ashes,
I’
ll
harbor
every
spark.
I
accept
the
treatment,
I
deserve
the
sting,
For
the
foolish
little
hope
that
to
your
heart
I
cling.
One
day
they’
ll
grow
up,
and
they’
ll
look
you
in
the
eye,
And
prove
every
word
you
whispered
was
a
fragile,
hollow
lie.
They’
ll
be
the
living
proof
of
the
love
you
cast
aside,
While
you’
re
drowning
in
the
distance
of
your
own
hollow
pride.
It
breaks
me,
it
kills
me,
the
way
you
let
it
go,
But
the
hurt
is
a
lesson
that
only
mothers
know.
So
walk
away,
my
lover,
walk
out
into
the
night,
You
don't
have
to
carry
what
you
deem
to
be
a
blight.
I’
ll
hold
this
baby
close,
through
the
tears
and
the
years,
And
turn
all
your
judgment
into
salt
for
my
own
tears.
I’
m
sorry
for
the
caliber
of
life
you
thought
you
lost,
But
I’
m
the
one
paying
the
interest,
I’
m
the
one
paying
the
cost.
Take
back
the
venom,
take
back
every
lie,
About
the
life
inside
me,
beneath
this
hollow
sky.
If
I
cost
you
so
much
pain,
then
leave
me
to
the
dark,
I’
ll
carry
all
the
ashes,
I’
ll
harbor
every
spark.
I
accept
the
treatment,
I
deserve
the
sting,
For
the
foolish
little
hope
that
to
your
heart
I
cling.
Grow
up
and
prove
your
father
wrong.
Just
you
and
me
and
your
siblings .
little
one.
Let
him
keep
his
words.
Your
father
never
ever
loved
you (
Piano
fades
slowly
into
silence) (
Soft,
fading
breath)