SARAH

But Sarah was a basket case

Lost in a forever phase

The one her parents hated to talk about

The rumors flew that she was crazy

Hit her head when she was a baby

The story stuck and summed her up in awe

You swear you think you know someone

To make sense of the things they've done

We're so damn sure for certain

She just loves to be a burden

But the truth behind the rumors that they say

She ain't always been this way

But Sarah started to rebel

Put her parents through a living hell

What was wrong with her? They couldn't tell

She cut her hair and pierced her face

Tattooed every single place

To cover up the skin she was living in

She hated guys but loved the girls

Loved the drugs that drowned the world

She never felt at home here anyway

But hidden by her downward slide

Buried under olive light

A secret she was sure would die with her

You swear you think you know someone

To make sense of the things they've done

They're so damn sure for certain

She's the reason that she's hurting

But they don't know just what that man did

Feeling someone else ashamed

Fearing it won't fade away

The truth, it hides inside of me

Slowly bleeding out the seams

Ain't much more that I can take

Not much more to bend before a break

I fear no one would believe

Dad's rendered those things to me

The town was shocked to hear the news

Gave her contacts way past due

Told her story fifteen years too late

She bared her soul on grand display

Hoping people's minds would change

It just became the new thing to talk about

Shout, "I swear you'll be okay"

Wounds heal with each passing day

Swear to me you'll stick around and stay

Shout, "I swear you'll be okay"

Guilt and shame will wash away

Swear to me you'll stick around and stay