Deana

I spent years feeling unwanted, scared and so alone

Like a stranger in my own life, a heart turned into stone

But my soul survived the abuse, the shadows on the wall

I learned to keep on breathing every time I took a fall

For so many out there, love is just a word for pain

A broken kind of promise, a cold and driving rain

But I will take the heartbreak, I will take the tears

Over feeling nothing through the passing of the years

I wear my story on my sleeve

And my spirit still believes

When the morning felt too heavy, and the dawn was just a dread

My kids gave me a reason to wake up and leave my bed

They brought the humor back to me, the laughter and the care

And proved to me that hope was always waiting in the air

For so many out there, love is just a word for pain

A broken kind of promise, a cold and driving rain

But I will take the heartbreak, I will take the tears

Over feeling nothing through the passing of the years

I wear my story on my sleeve

And my spirit still believes

Look in the mirror, Deana, see the woman standing there

A survivor with a hopeful smile, with so much left to share

I know the risk of opening up, I know the heavy toll

But I'd rather feel the fire than have an empty soul

Yeah, for so many out there, love is just a word for pain

A broken kind of promise, a cold and driving rain

But I will take the heartbreak, I will take the tears

Over feeling nothing through the passing of the years

I wear my story on my sleeve

My spirit still believes in good

Yeah, my spirit still believes