lyriellen, we were just children
playing together rising dirt off the streets
working out how a camera worked
hadn't figured out how evil exists
from the same place, the same breeding grounds
separated by the winds of life
bonded for brief moments together
we existed for brief moments in time
lyriellen, ten years went by
i held your image pure in my mind
a child in purple, with innocent eyes
in front of your house, waving me goodbye
we grew apart leading two different lifes
two girls discovering what growing up is like
while i was away they torn you apart
i saw the innocence slip off your eyes
you hid in your house in panic and cries
you told me he hit you, you wanted to die
you stayed stuck in the same old town
unable to leave, left behind to drown
still a child when he made you his wife
still a teenager when he ruined your life
seven years older, or eight, you thought
how should you know? you were never taught
lyriellen, i wish i'd been there
i wished to protect the child you were
to come back to you and see you smiling
instead, lyriellen, i just found you dying
fate isn't kind where we came from
i know there's no way you'd have known
all he wanted was to tear you apart
make a broken woman off your childlish heart
lyriellen, i wish you to rise
to leave this old village behind
to reach the dreams you had told
to get to grow wise, grow old
forget all you shouldn't have seen
when you were only thirteen
blossom strong
and know
that always, far away
a sister roots for your soul.
playing together rising dirt off the streets
working out how a camera worked
hadn't figured out how evil exists
from the same place, the same breeding grounds
separated by the winds of life
bonded for brief moments together
we existed for brief moments in time
lyriellen, ten years went by
i held your image pure in my mind
a child in purple, with innocent eyes
in front of your house, waving me goodbye
we grew apart leading two different lifes
two girls discovering what growing up is like
while i was away they torn you apart
i saw the innocence slip off your eyes
you hid in your house in panic and cries
you told me he hit you, you wanted to die
you stayed stuck in the same old town
unable to leave, left behind to drown
still a child when he made you his wife
still a teenager when he ruined your life
seven years older, or eight, you thought
how should you know? you were never taught
lyriellen, i wish i'd been there
i wished to protect the child you were
to come back to you and see you smiling
instead, lyriellen, i just found you dying
fate isn't kind where we came from
i know there's no way you'd have known
all he wanted was to tear you apart
make a broken woman off your childlish heart
lyriellen, i wish you to rise
to leave this old village behind
to reach the dreams you had told
to get to grow wise, grow old
forget all you shouldn't have seen
when you were only thirteen
blossom strong
and know
that always, far away
a sister roots for your soul.