once upon a broken soul
there lived a girl
i while ago
who made sure everybody knew
her life wasn't her own
she took away her face
and that face she replaced
and put on what everybody else
was fit for her age, gender, and race

she did what she was told
she had the perfect amount of bold(ness)
and she tried her best
every day
to just
hold her own

but behind closed doors
even closed from her father
she knows she can never be the perfect daughter
she takes away her face until it's impossible to cry
and thinks every night
of how good it would feel to just say goodbye

but once upon a broken soul
there lived a God who still is so
who told a prophecy of her end

and in that God's holy being
he knows she will not completely cave in

once upon a broken soul
there was a heavy heart
and all this beautiful girl would need
was a chance to restart

once upon a broken soul
there live a chance for all
a chance for her
a chance for me
a chance to hear God's call

once upon a broken soul there live a purpose for freedom
and the chains you are forced to hold
will be freed again