Daddy-Badflower

[00:00.000] Sweet little girl, with nothing to say [00:03.876] She hides in the smile she wears on her face [00:08.047] The secrets of her, the family keeps [00:11.939] The secrets of him that blacken the sheep [00:15.864] She shakes at the sound of jingling keys [00:19.942] The man that she loves, the violent disease [00:24.061] 'Cause when he's around, there's nothing to hide [00:28.042] She makes no sound as she swallows her pride [00:31.911] Daddy only comes when he's ready for more [00:36.029] She waits on the floor [00:37.850] She watches the door [00:40.087] And daddy only comes when he's begging for more [00:43.730] And just like before [00:45.754] He opens the door [00:48.519] Weigh your heart against my eyes [00:53.008] (Are you sober now, is it over?) [00:56.408] Weigh your heart against my eyes [01:00.606] (She'll be so let down when she's older) [01:04.065] Play her father when she cries [01:08.570] (Now she's so messed up, and she says-) [01:11.897] All I want is [01:16.017] Now he returns, like every time [01:19.935] With rum on his breath, and her on his mind [01:23.820] There's no one around to witness the crime [01:27.860] A scream won't sound past the property line [01:31.819] The man that she loves, the wicked offense [01:35.995] She takes the attention, suppresses the rest [01:39.933] Emotion and pain, it can't be disguised [01:44.218] The smaller she feels, the bigger she cries [01:48.097] And daddy gives it all 'cause he loves you the most [01:51.886] He's stretching your clothes [01:53.762] You're clenching your toes [01:55.961] He says he gives it all 'cause he loves you the most [01:59.677] He's holding you close [02:01.733] His hands on your throat [02:04.426] Weigh your heart against my eyes [02:08.568] (Are you sober now, is it over?) [02:12.075] Weigh your heart against my eyes [02:16.420] (She'll be so let down when she's older) [02:19.872] Play her father when she cries [02:24.595] (Now she's so messed up, and she says-) [02:28.082] All I want is you [02:36.127] All I want is [02:41.264] Now she's of age, and he's on his last [02:44.054] But nothing can heal the scars of her past [02:47.764] She feels so alone and angry, because [02:51.878] She sees him the way the family does [02:55.874] So late in the night, her eyes seeing red [02:59.936] And daddy lay sick on the hospital bed [03:04.004] She creeps in the room with a bag in her hand [03:07.899] And smothers the face of a terrible man [03:11.871] If daddy only stopped when she begged him before [03:16.123] He'd be so much more [03:17.837] She'd be so much more [03:20.070] If daddy only stopped when she begged him before [03:23.895] Weigh your heart against my eyes [03:28.516] (Are you sober now, is it over?) [03:31.969] Weigh your heart against my eyes [03:36.457] (And she's so let down, now she's older) [03:39.907] Play his daughter when he lies [03:44.563] (Now you're so messed up, and he says-) [03:47.969] All I want is you [03:53.747] (Now you're so messed up, and he says-) [03:56.173] All I want is you [04:00.734] (And she's so let down when he lies) [04:04.326] All I want is