BRUISES - Luke Christopher

You won’t be scared of the big bad wolf

If your house’s always made of bricks, and so it is

She let the wrong man come inside

'Cause the house was only built of sticks as a kid

She had to blossom in the shade, problem became

The only thing she knew about herself was her name

And so she struggled with the embarrassment and the shame

And now she’s scared of love 'cause she remembers her pain

She remembers the way, she remembers the day

She was scared to tell her father 'cause of what he would say

And 'cause of that she still dealing with it today

I could swear that there’s some bruises that ain’t going away

Ooh, she got bruises, hey

They never went away

Bruises, yeah

They never went away

Ooh, I’m gon' heal you, baby

I will make sure you can love again

I met her when she was seventeen and I was up by a year

She hadn’t told me why I couldn’t whisper words in her ear

And why whenever I would kiss her, she would quiver with fear

And how I, even when she laughed, I could still see her tear

But man, she so beautiful and I want her to know it

So when she finally told me, man, I fucking exploded

I take a gun to a nigga, in a second unloaded

Who the fuck would have a child and in a second disown it?

Not to mention what you did to a woman’s emotions

How every day, she got to walk the hall and keep her composure

How the past brings emotions even when she gets older

Thanks to you, motherfucker, I can’t barely even hold her

Ooh, she got bruises, hey

They never went away

Bruises, yeah

They never went away

Ooh, I’m gon' heal you, baby

I will make sure you can love again

I’m gon' heal you, baby

I will make sure you can love again