Its been like this for so long I don't remember when it first happened maybe it was the first time I saw you smile Then again, maybe it was a coincidence I could barely breathe I could barely see the glimmer in your eyes Maybe it was gone like the innocence in my soul would soon be Like my glimmer was too I felt nothing, empty and yet present Frozen as I felt every limb in my body paralyed I could hear your footsteps each timeΒ Step, creaking, step, A deep sigh I know you're there I can smell the rotten breath you breathe I squeeze my eyes closed Late at night after the beer After your wife said no You sat on my bedside stroking my hair Calling me baby girl To you I was anything but a girl You used to read me bed time stories Now I replay stories in my head I watch from above While you whisper in my ear Wake up darling You will miss the stars I'm to old to fall for the stars line Yet he says it anyway. I do not move Staying as still as possible Hoping this is the night he will give up But we both know he won't Limp i stay Dreaming of a place far from here and daylight I miss the light that comes in nights place