• Broken and bruised I stand before you
    Tattered and split I held my heart in my hands
    Turning blue and cold my eyes focused down
    My heart hardening to my soul
    Broken and bruised I stood before you
    Words spoken through a damaged heart
    Feelings of a wounded soul
    A broken heart and a twisted mind
    Twisted through the lies of another
    Broken by the actions of the other
    Cracks in desperate need of repair
    Blemishes and no one cared
    Cracks along the surface travelling deeper than most can see
    If you look correctly, you could see right through me.

    You've seen right through me
    And I can't deny
    That these feelings are truly mine
    Not needing to hide or to find the right time
    These feelings are mine
    What a wonderful thing
    When you can let your heart sing
    The sorrows of the past and the joys of the future
    Makes you think that there might be a cure
    For the tears that have been shed
    It just might be worth the hit
    Because I know when I open my eyes
    These feelings are truly mine.

    Beaten down and battered
    Words condemned me and now liberate
    All it took was an emotional quake
    Brief moments of panic and pain
    All needed to keep me sane
    At least I once thought...

    My vision is clear
    The end is not near
    For me but, for you the end is here, I fear
    So, my dear
    Expelled from my life
    No longer can you cause me strife
    Your words hurt like a knife
    And choked me until there was no life
    Now my vision is clear
    And my end is not near.

    I stand here licking my wounds
    Battered and torn
    Broken and bent
    Tattered and shred
    Sewing myself together with needle and thread
    Finding warmth to bring the pink to my lips
    Sailing your ships
    No longer wanted, no longer needed.

    Broken and bruised I stood before you.