How could you do this?

You took my life
for four long years
I believed you were right
I deserved my pain and tears.

No one would have believed me
way back then
it would have been as if I had been the one
committing the sin.

I let it all out
I bring it back in
I take it inside
so it can simmer again.

I believed the words
and I still do
"Tell anyone,
and I will kill you."

They were so easy
for me to believe
time and time again
with each little deceit.

I let it all out
I bring it back in
I take it inside
so it can simmer again.

I tried to forget
I tried to block it out
I try not to regret
to bring myself out of doubt.

How many more
will you do this to?
How many more lives ruined
before you are through?

Your eyes haunt me in my sleep
screaming out with the pain
that cut me so deep.
My soul is stained..

I let it all out
I bring it back in
I take it inside
so it can simmer again.

How could you do this
how could you even try?
I was too young to even know
Why didn't you just let me die?

Suffering in this need
I need to understand
How many nights will I bleed
before it's taken from my hands.

My body is full of taint
my soul, ripped out
you took my will at the age of 8
Is this all life is about?

I let it all out
I bring it back in
I take it inside
so it can simmer again...