It still brings a tear to my eye when I think about the times that I spent there
No child should ever have to lie just to try and survive through a nightmare
If you lived through the things we've seen, months on end you can never leave
Maybe then you would understand why we need to feel free
All the tortured nights it should have broken my spirit
Instead it kept me strong, I learned how to hold on cause
I know right and wrong and they were wrong the way they treated me
They were wrong the way they told me I never would have made it on my own
And I know right or wrong now I don't fear them like I did
I'm not that same tortured kid I learned I can make it on my own
I know that there's hope cause I was a long way in the dark
And I was so far from finding my heart
I was so cold I was losing consciousness
All of the rules, they were hiding the truth
I was holding on when my grip was loose
The working the screaming, I was numb and confused
I wondered, is this real life?
All the tortured nights it should have broken my spirit
Instead it kept me strong, I learned how to hold on cause
I know right and wrong and they were wrong the way they treated me
They were wrong the way they told me I never would have made it on my own
And I know right or wrong now I don't fear them like I did
I'm not that same tortured kid I learned I can make it on my own
Now they don't have power over me
Only God above
They could never rob me of my peace
I know right and wrong and they were wrong the way they treated me
They were wrong the way they told me I never would have made it on my own
And I know right or wrong now I don't fear them like I did
I'm not that same tortured kid I learned I can make it on my own