The faintest of tiny heartbeats
Slips from darkness into the light
The smallest of tiny beings
Begins the voyage known as life
The empty pages start to fill
With tragedy that's long unfolding
The smallest of tiny hopes
To escape a life of pain

The faintest of tiny heartbeats
Will grow to be a man
The largest of all the minds
Will try like hell to understand
The filling pages start to bleed
With tragedy that's being lived
The smallest of tiny hopes
A struggle to forgive

Born into a world of seething anger unrelenting
Innocence soon be replaced by a plethora of lies
Raving mad confusion-so patiently it bides its time
Waiting its descent into the soul of this lost child

Mother's arms await-but they're a bitter sanctuary
The beating of her heart-a ticking time bomb burns its fuse
The vicious undertow resurfaces with no fair warning
Inflicting self-made agony in the cycle of abuse

Misfortune to be nurtured by a whore
Perhaps you'll be as lucky as the one who came before

Cruel and bitter fate-a valentine that's inked in sorrow
What could lie ahead-perhaps its best that you can't see
Just rest easy now and brace yourself for what is looming
Innocence soon be replaced by bitter agony