[ti:The Photographer's Daughter]
[ar:The Narrative]
[al:]
[00:20.46]Sparing her teeth,
[00:22.33]the curve of her smile is sharing the blame,
[00:29.13]and what a relief it is to sign treaties over dinner at eight fifteen,
[00:39.47]And he asked for the end of the world,
[00:43.38]cracking open the hearts of his girls,
[00:47.88]and he asked for the end of a life,
[00:52.39]When he battered the contracts his wife had adhered to for so many years,
[00:59.59]and agreed to play prisoner for so many fears,
[01:03.98]for herself and the children,
[01:06.77]for swelling up inside,
[01:14.69]The armor will fall,
[01:17.07]he is breaching defenses with his stories of better times,
[01:23.89]to try and recall,
[01:26.19]tears that had salted the wounds that he left inside her mind,
[01:33.86]And he asked for the end of the world,
[01:37.85]cracking open the hearts of his girls,
[01:42.53]and he asked for the end of a life,
[01:47.12]when he begged for forgiveness despite..
[01:50.76]all the reasons she could have denied,
[01:54.29]his request for a daughter and god knows she tried,
[01:58.63]but he broke down inside and settled his lies,
[02:03.16]while she fervently listened,
[02:05.84]she knew she wasn't right.
[02:27.46]When all your photographs fade out,
[02:31.74]I'll be the one who takes them down,
[02:36.27]and the apologies you choose,
[02:41.00]the only memories of you,
[02:45.38]When all your photographs fade out,
[02:49.88]I'll be the one who takes them down,
[02:54.41]and the apologies you choose,
[02:58.98]the only memories of you,
[03:22.70]And he asked for the end of the world,
[03:27.13]cracking open the hearts of his girls,
[03:31.71]and he asked for the end of a life,
[03:36.40]when he swept all the sorrow inside.