Hera Bast - Family Lyrics

You're taught family's a sacred thing
That love and trust it should always bring
So when a parent turns their back
Your whole world begins to crack

As children parents seem like gods
So their betrayal shows this world is flawed
That trust once broken cannot be earned
An innocence lost that won't return

As your child I depend on you
I need your help to make it through
Your lies and anger make no sense
What's your excuse, what's your defense?

Did you ever even love me?
Did you ever even care?
All the memories now seem so fake
Were you ever even there?

How can you sleep so soundly?
To me it seems absurd
But slowly it's becoming clear,
Why love's a four letter word

I learned to only trust myself
Sometimes I couldn't do that
Mouth smiling while inside my heart
Dark landscape, cold and flat

I used to see you like a god
You're a fallen angel instead
Now trying to turn my child against me
Your toxic soul completely dead

As a child I needed you
But it's too late, I made it through
Your hate and lies, there's no defense
Our family 'was', now it's 'past tense'

Did you ever even love me?
Did you ever even care?
Those painful memories now are long gone
I don't even see you there

I really hope that you sleep soundly
Your warped existence getting blurred
You've made your bed, I think you know now
Why love's a four letter word

I'm not your favorite, you think that hurts?
Your meaning of love is so perverse
Telling friends and family they have to make a choice
Already made it for you, I won't even waste my voice

There was a time I needed you
But it's too late, I made it through
Your hate and lies haunt me no more
My family 'is', again restored

No longer caring if you loved me
I know I never had a prayer
Pain and suffering now your only friends
So blind can't even see what got you there

I really hope that you sleep soundly
Your sad existence getting blurred
You made your bed, I hope it's clear
Why your love's a four letter word

Now you can no longer hurt me
When your words of hate attack
Your ability to make me feel anything
I've overcome and taken back

There was a time I needed you
But that's gone too, I've made it through
Your hate and lies won't hurt me anymore
I already have a family worth fighting for...