You came into our home uninvited
At first we paid you little mind, but you made yourself known
You were just gaining our trust by feeding us lies
Soon, after we got comfortable together
Soon, after the hatred
All the fights that were "provoked"
You made yourself comfortable and called it home
But we didn't want you
You hurt them
You hurt my love
I should've fought harder
I'm to blame
But it wasn't me
It was all you
You beat them
Brought them down
Made them bleed
Pushed them around
But when others were there you changed
The funny, kind, and welcoming type
Everyone's friend
The children knew better
They were scared of you and they saw
They tried so hard to make you stop
Why did you have to hurt them?
They only wanted to love you
Didn't you care?
Didn't those screams make you want to stop?
And what about the sobbing?
No child should be fearful in their home
You lost your chance
Maybe in 20 years they'll come find you to offer forgiveness
You can all sit around the dinner table and laugh as if the "bad times" never existed
You'll play with the kids
Tell them stories of when you were their age
Maybe even help decorate the christmas tree
And they'll smile at you with nothing but love in their hearts
Probably not
Want to know why?
Because to them you're evil incarnate
You broke their one hope
Now they cry through their bruised eyes whenever they see you
Reassurances are meaningless
The amount of pain inflicted over the years has seeped through and tainted everyone's lives
Now they're just as their hero is, In all the worst ways
You broke my family
My beautiful children
And my loving partner
May it grant them solace knowing
Karma always takes her pound of flesh, even at the price of someone good
The police come to take you
But amidst everything I get taken away too...
I never touched a hair on their lovely heads
I gave them nothing but unending support and unconditional love
You were the one who would take over
It was never me, only you
At least the bad person is gone now, right?
Even if I had to come join
I just wish I didn't have to look at you
We share the same cell and name
Something I will spend the rest of my life trying to change
I say these things, but what is meant and what isn't?
The truth is
That inside of us there's a monster
We should be careful
I didn't hurt my family
You did
They're my everything
At least, they thought so
We all wear masks
Masks are great, because they hide how distorted we truly are
And they fell for it, hook, line and sinker
But all that's left is the monster
Sooner or later that mask comes off
Now the mask has fallen
I'm gone
But you remain
leaving your trail of blood
