Lyrics

What made you do it?
What made you say,
"I don't believe it --
my father's not that way!"?
I can only imagine
your life from day to day
and wonder how you held on
when they tried to pull you away.

When they accused me,
did you cover your ears
and scream at them to stop
through a shower of angry tears?
Did you get up when it started
and run the other way?
Tell me, how'd you do it?
Tell me, why did you stay?

They couldn't make you
look at me and say,
"I don't want to
go with you today!"
It worked with your sister.
Where did it fail with you?
What do you see in me
that made it worth what you went through?

Did I deserve it?
In many ways I failed --
so much I didn't do,
so many times I paled.
But you didn't notice
or hint you've ever seen
that I'm merely human,
much less than I may seem.