If there comes a time
When you will see
The scars upon my arm,
And you wonder how
I ever could have
Cause myself that harm,
Just remember that I was deeply in pain,
I was drowning in my tears, my rain,
I was cutting me to “save me shame”;
The nightmare of my past.

If you hear me crying
All the time,
And you know I want
To commit that crime,
If you hear me cry his name at night,
And it’s out of sadness, not of fright,
Please know I love you with all my might,
He’s the nightmare of my past.

When you find me bleeding
On the floor,
And you think that I
Love you no more,
Just remember that he still haunts my mind,
He’s the reason I’ve been confined,
And in my blood you’ll finally find
The nightmares of my past.

And if the blood
Belongs to him,
Say I’ve killed,
Will you forgive?
Remember that I was deeply in pain,
That he was driving me insane,
And please don’t try to make me explain
The nightmare of my past.

AN/ "That crime" refers to suicide