Ventana - Consolidated

Seems like lessons learned from birth

Is this really what you’re worth

Pacifier in your mouth numbs all the pain away

Some don’t get caught when they steal

A couple hand jobs no big deal

Twenty years before you feel

Now I want to feel the pain

When you survive there were times you lied

And it felt so wrong

To stay alive you can cry and it makes you strong

For so long put others down

Confrontations danced around

Been so lost could you be found

Looking for coincidence

How you lost your innocence

Been so hard to convince

I should be here today

When you survive sometimes

You get high and it won’t be wrong

To stay alive you can cry

'til the pain is gone

Coping skills get in the way

Misconstruing what you’d say

Are you ready to be here now today

You can’t take all those years away

Falling down like rain

I could have killed you the first time

Didn’t know it was a crime

Looking for some kind of sign

I didn’t need you

It feels so good to be free of this prison memory

You have no power over me

I made my peace with you I’m free

When you survive sometimes you want to die

You feel so wronged

To stay alive you get to cry

You can cry all night long

So glad you survived