I spent so many years
Defending your reputation
But your actions always spoke
So much louder than words
Say it isn’t so

You’ve made a meal of
Every sinful temptation
Patient as a vulture
Always waiting for the worst
Ain’t that the way it goes

Round and round
You hunted me down
Like your prey
I tried to run so far away
A secret no one knows

I worked so hard to
Earn your affection
Learn my lesson
The walls whisper of foul play
A vision in a kaleidoscope

PRE-CHORUS:
Change your mind, change the story
Fantasize about your glory
Keep them crawling at your feet
Change the tide, change the season
Make them believe in your reasons
Manipulate every soul you meet
Oh, you play the victim so well
Got the whole world under your spell

CHORUS:
Oh you, took away my innocence
Clouded my serenity in this existence
A time when I still believed in magic and love
So, what is love?
Oh you, shredded my safety net
Got carried away with the fraternity paddle again
Bruised and broken, still it was never enough
So, what is enough?
I survived the worst storm you could brew
The light beyond your cloud is breaking through
And now I know I
Never wanna be like you

I tried to brave, tried to mend
Tried to save you from yourself
Time and time again
You let yourself be devoured by pain
How do I break your hold?

I don’t know what to say anymore
You are who you are
Who you’ve always been
A heart corrupted by disdain
Say it isn’t so

(PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS)

I was just a little girl who
Did whatever you asked me to
Vying for a mother’s love
An outcast with the duct-taped shoes
Oh mama, can we play pretend?
Now I’m a grown woman who
Has seen the worst of what you can do
To the ones you loved
And made a villain in your abuse
Oh mama, is this how our story ends?
Tap, tap, tap
Say it isn’t so bad

(CHORUS)

Oh, I looked up to you
Oh, you were all I knew
The biggest eyes
The brightest shade of blue
I never wanna be like you
I wanna be like me, finally
I wanna do what you couldn’t do
And heal this family
And be all you never wanted to