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The Broken Child
I CARED BEFORE BUT I LEARNED 
 FROM MY MISTAKES , THE CHILD IN ME
 RAN WITH YOU. ALL IT EVER WANTED WAS TO BE SAFE
 IF YOU COULDNT BE THERE 
 IT WAS ALONE
 IT KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES, YET
 IT STILL FOLLOWS
 DAMNED THIS POOR CHILD 
 DEEP UNDER YOUR SPELL
 WONDERING ONE DAY IF YOULL SET IT FREE
 PLAYING WITH THE CHILD, YOU LIE
 PRETEND YOU CARE
 AND MAKE IT CRY THEN WALK AWAY
 LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED
 THOUGH THERES A CHILD ALONE 
 WONDERING IF IT WASNT GOOD ENOUGH
 IT KNEW YOUR LOVE WAS SCARCE 
 HOPED YOU HAD A HEART ENUFF
 TO NOT BREAK ITS
 BUT YOU DIDNT WANT TO SAVE THE CHILDS HEART
 YOU ONLY CARED FOR YOURSELF
 NOW YOU WATCH AS THE CHILD PICKS UP WHATS LEFT OF HER
 AND FALLS APART
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