Bottle Dreams Lyrics - Singles - Eyedea

Everyone knew she was a special young girl 

From her neighbors to her teachers 

Some labeled her a prodigy, others called her a genius 

It was amazing the way she could play the violin 

It made it hard for people to believe that she was only ten 

But behind every brilliant mind there lies a monster 

This one just so happened to be her father 

See daddy was sick, he'd get a rush by playing touchy touch 

And telling her to keep it hush 

It was his secret way of loving that he needed someone he could trust 

Fucked her head up, saying if Momma was alive she'd be so proud of us 

So she'd hide the desire to die 

But if you paid close attention you could see the sorrow in her eyes 

Walking around in the only real hell 

No one would ever think she'd have such a story to tell 

Afraid to go home, afraid to talk, afraid of crying 

She was too young to even know why 

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And everyday she'd go to the river with a message in a bottle saying 

'Please, God help me I don't wanna live to see tomorrow' 

Each day she'd scrounge for a tiny shred of hope 

Just to wish the bottle would stay afloat 

But every single solitary day, the bottle seems to sink 

I don't know why but the bottle always sinks 

She never sees it happen, but the bottle always sinks 

Now only the bottom of the river knows what she really thinks 

She made that violin sing with so much pain 

You could almost hear her scream through the strange vibrations 

What was once sweet and innocent 

Is now riding with the psychotic father 

Chose to probe the flowers of the pure and sacred 

Her instrument was her only tongue 

To express the infinite abuse in it's depths 

At night the footsteps crept to her door and she'd begin to shake and weep 

And with tears rolling down her cheeks she's pretend she was asleep 

When the nightmare was over, and the sun dawned its light 

She'd retreat to the same place she always did 

Rip a page from her diary, and write with all her might 

Then send it off into the current, determined to find a way to live 

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