He would never know

You screamed and cursed all of these years

Prayed to a god you didn't believe in

You refused to acknowledge my silent tears

While you were committing the worst sin

How could you not put the bottle down?

I was your daughter, your child

You were my world, but I was the fool, the clown

Sometimes you were sober, though every once in a while

Some years later, 18 years after I was born

I was so filled with hate, resentment for someone who was my father

I was just like you, realizing this, I became torn

But you never cared that I was your daughter

You would never know the pain I held inside

Or that I desperately prayed for you to get better

It wasn't until you, you drank until you died

I never got to say goodbye, or tell you my pain

You would never that I forgave you all those years ago

I couldn't pray yours or my pain away

I would never know the love of a father

But you would never know the forgiveness of your daughter