On the outside she looks so peacefulnWith her eyes shut tight against all evilnAnd her shoulders drop like a failed messiahnAnd all her fears rejoice inside hernnSo she rolls out into the sunlightnAnd her daddy tells her she'll be alrightnBut he don't look at her and he don't smilenHe whispers a prayer to ease his mindnnWhen she gets home no one says a wordnHer mama's cryin' doesn't notice hernShe turns the lock on the bedroom doornShe finds the answer and takes one morenAnd one more and one more and one morennOne more