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Until You Can Forgive

from Letters In The Dirt by Chuck Brodsky

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For Maria V.

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So suddenly you’re trembling, with a flash flood of tears
And a flashback to a night so black, a little girl disappears
The pictures are returning, and it’s safe to say you see her
You can go now if you have to, if that’s what it takes to free her

It’s a tattered old illusion, and faded is the glory
Hung up on your father’s flagpole, as you return to the yard
Where he touched you as a child, only now you see it clearly
And you hate the man who once upon a time you loved so dearly

Until you can forgive - but not what’s been done
Until you can forgive - the innocent one
The little girl...afraid to speak
Shadows in the hallway, tears rolling down her cheek

It comes to you in nightmares, and in the middle of sweet dreams
It robs you of your innocence, and it makes you feel unclean
You can damn him if you want to, you can wish upon him death
You can trample on his grave, if he is already dead

Until you can forgive - but not what’s been done
Until you can forgive - the innocent one
The little girl...afraid to speak
Shadows in the hallway, tears rolling down her cheek

Now you back away from danger, is it too close or too real
When you lay down with your lover and this trust you don’t yet feel?
I will still be here in the morning, I will hold you through the night
But I will not whisper in your ear that everything’s gonna be alright

Until you can forgive - but not what’s been done
Until you can forgive - the innocent one
The little girl...afraid to speak
Shadows in the hallway, tears rolling down her cheek

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from Letters In The Dirt, released February 1, 1996

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