16. Shame (song)

intro

I almost hope that he doesn’t think of me

With my stains and blame and all of this uncertainty

oh, if Daddy saw me now, I don’t know what he’d think

so I hope he doesn’t think of me.

verse

When I was two we made mud pies

and threw the dirt at each other,

my daddy and I.

And to this day I still feel muddy

Tarnished by the men who didn’t love me

but they said they did.

pre-chorus

All the mistakes I have made

My body has become a page

Time has written on in scarlet letters

chorus

Take me back to the beach in my daddy’s arms

When he would never let any harm

fall upon me

If he knew the mess that I have made

If he could rise up from that grave

Would he see my scars in permanent ink?

Oh what would my daddy think of me?

What would he think of me?

bridge

Oh, he believed I was clean

But now this guilt is staining all over me