Far From Here

"That's your last one,"
The bartender will say
While I'm hunched over the stool
Having thrown the night away

"Did you have something in mind?"
The wedding planner might wonder
If I decide to love
Forgive, relive, fix every blunder

"Why didn't you see this coming?"
The counsellor shakes her head
As I sit still, not knowing
What I'd thought, what I'd once said

"Look at me now!"
I will scream one day
When I'm happy and proud
Life finally going my way

I may fail
But I will fight
I may be wrong
Only to find what's right
The up's and down's will be a surprise
But with every in and out I'll continue to rise

The world's for your taking, just grab on tight
It's a blank slate and it's mine to write

I Am My Father's Daughter

If you left me yesterday
Or if you were to leave me tomorrow
It wouldn't matter
Because I'd still be you today

I will burn, no, I will torch
Everything around me
I will hurt and I will scar
Everyone who loves me
I will be up and I will be down
Until I find there's no peace in between

You've done it all
I learned from the best

I learned to love
To feel apathy
I learned how to deal
To surpress
I learned to save
To abandon

I became the shadow
Of my very own beast

I built a life I love
So I can tear it down
So I can feel the pain I need
So I can express myself
So I can destroy
Thinking I will recreate
A paradise
Where I can be everything that I'm not
Where I can be myself
Where I can run from you

But I will be stuck in this place, in my carnage
A wasteland
Because I am your daughter
I am you