[Verse] My mother had the stuffing beaten out of her As a tiny little baby To practically the day that she died And I was a spoiled little brat Who couldn't appreciate what I had And when her broken edges cut me Instead of turning into a shell I became a tiny speck of sand Struck by lightning And made a diamond suit of armor that would harm her If her broken pieces touched me Cut from the very cloth of the diamond that she wore She was broken she was beaten And her beatings turned me into a monster That would harm her Because I couldn't handle a fraction of her pain And sister your daughter is the same She's hurting She felt broken And instead of turning to submission She has taken all her rage And let the lightning in And that lightning is this darkness It is evil and she knows it But it's a safer place to be Than in the hell she's felt with you And I know These words are cutting And I don't want you To feel the knife But the truth is very simple Her heart was set ablaze And instead of choosing to love you She's hidden in her pain And I know Your heart was broken long ago And I know You heard more than she will ever know And I know How much you love her So much it hurts When that diamond coat of armor cuts you deep It's not fair It's not fair to you nor her Should have never hurt you call her all the names Emotionally she's bleeding And you can only see your pain She is a beautiful young woman Just turning into a teen And you can feel you've already lost her So your claws come out again It's not fair Not for you and not for her But there is light at the end Of this tunnel I can tell you Because I was once like her I was so broken and hurting That my diamond shell got hard And I cut my mother deeply For years and years and years Wasn't until I was almost thirty That I finally gave it all to God And I was able to befriend her And set boundaries that were good And she had to learn to love me Through my brokenness and pain And as she gave away Trying to control me I learned to love her all the same It's not too late for you and her The light of Jesus is right here But you gotta give to God what is His Your daughter is now a teen And her will is all hers So if you don't give her space To grow you will be Creating the pain you so design It's up to you to give to God What is really His And I know that it I know that it's hard And you don't want to give up your little girl But she is gone Already You're witnessing Her chrysalis She will become A beautiful butterfly But it will take a little bit So don't cut Don't cut into the chrysalis You'll only harm the woman she'll become Just love her through it And God will win instead of the darkness I am proof of this My life took twists and turns Because the pain it didn't end Long into my adulthood I was hurting But you are still right here in the beginning It can all be changed right here But it takes surrender To the Holy Spirit With the love of Jesus my dear If you surrender She can see How you will change And you both will be better I know in Jesus' name
