In The Shadows

Where can you hide from the pain?

Screaming. Yelling. Crying Out

Yet trying to hide in the shadows

Never knowing when he's home

Feeling like you're alone and foresaken

Keeping secrets and the scars

But it is getting really tough

Looking for an easy way out

Even though you know you won't

You know that everyone is talking

About your shy and sad expressions

Deep inside you want some help

Though you know that he'd be mad

You never really know if you'll wake up

Every morning after he's angry

Because he tells you it's the end

And there's no way to stop it

Maybe one day he'll finally change

Into the dad you used to know

But that seems like a distant dream

Even when you beg and plead

So for now you just cry inside

And find some way to move on

Because there's no use hoping for better things

In a life of depression and sorrow