Secrets – Fourteen lyrics

[Verse 1]
I never knew my father was so broken inside our home
Until the day I found my mother crying on the floor alone
She said "How could he do this to me?
How could he do this to us?
I thought we made a promise
But he said he broke my trust."
Now I'm left with these questions

[Chorus]
Have you ever been left alone in a broken home?
Have you ever had to mediate for your parents' sake?
When we talk about love, talk about giving it up
Why are we innocent raised within conflict?

[Verse 2]
I never knew that hearts could shatter just like broken glass
'Til you proved to me that love is fragile and cracked yours in half
I just hope there's hope for me to stay home
So go ahead and call it off, go ahead and call it off
It's not just the fact that you're splitting up
It's that you're teaching me about giving up

[Chorus]
Have you ever been left alone in a broken home?
Have you ever had to mediate for your parents' sake?
When we talk about love, talk about giving it up
Why are we innocent raised within conflict?

[Bridge]
So I'm moving along now and
I'll carry on, trying the best that I can
Because of my father's sin
You blame your actions on him
Fighting a war within
I'm so afraid of what's to come and all I haven't learned
I'm on the other side, I'm finally free with no concern
You always sheltered me from being me and now I see
All my potential you hid from me at age fourteen

[Chorus]
Have you ever been left alone in a broken home?
Have you ever had to mediate for your parents' sake?
When we talk about love, talk about giving it up
(Now I'm left with these questions)
Have you ever been left alone in a broken home?
Have you ever had to mediate for your parents' sake?
When we talk about love, talk about giving it up
Why are the innocent raised within conflict?