Carrier

Never again will she see a sunrise awakening
Over a world unbroken
He brought the night with him
Beyond the gates while she safely slept
Never again

The way she turns her face from passing strangers
Is part of her now, echoing
The way she wakes up cold
And calls her father's name is part of her now
Echoes of him

Never again will she hear the raindrops
Fall against the glass and not feel a chill
Transported back to the night it changed
And the sound of the front door forced open

She awoke to the panic
Down the stairs she crept
A family he'd never met, broken in pieces

Every single step, every living breath
Underneath her nails, she will carry his pain
When the structure of your new life breaks through the door
It will already be sealed in the past
Every single step, every living breath
Underneath her nails, she will carry his pain

When the structure of her new life broke through the door
It was already sealed in the past