Story Behind The Song

No 1

Song Description

A story of childhood and adult abuse, redemption, and consequences.

Lyrics

Hand that Rocked the Cradle (New Version).
1. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To lie awake at night;
hearing the footsteps in the hall
Coming down towards your door;
No-one who can help you; no-one you can call;
Have you forgotten what it's like?

2. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To have given up the fight;
To feel yourself go numb; knowing what's to come,
A corpse - just staring at the wall -
Have you forgotten what it's like?

3. When the hand that rocked the cradle,
Became the Devil's ladle,
And consumed by shame -you curl up in a ball -
Have you forgotten what it's like?

4. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To lie awake at night,
Waiting for a husband
Who's gone back on the booze;
Hearing the footsteps in the hall
And waiting for the fists to fall;
A life of horror nobody should choose;
Have you forgotten what it's like?

5. Have you forgotten what it's like?
In the middle of the night
To wake up from a nightmare,
And realize that the nightmare is for real?
Trapped inside a dungeon,
Where all your dreams are broken;
And nothing in your life will ever heal;
Have you forgotten what it's like?
6. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To feel the terror strike
As the demons drag you down -
Into the black of the night;
With no prospect of redemption,
And no hope to see the light -
Have you forgotten what it's like?

7. And when the rage engulfed you,
As finally it broke through;
The years of pain exploding in your brain;
Do you recall holding the knife,
And stabbing in a frenzy,
Till the evil in his body had been drained?
Or have you forgotten what it's like?

8. When the hand that rocked the cradle,-
Became the Devil's ladle,
And you- can no- longer feel- anything at all--
Have you forgotten what it's like?

9. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To go to sleep at night,
Finally at peace, after your release
From the constant fear ...
But just beneath the surface,
Your memories lie in ambush,
Sounding warnings you try not to hear-
Have you forgotten what it's like?

10. And when you look into the mirror,
You realize with a shiver,
it's the reflection of the monster you have slain;
And you muster all your courage,
To create a new existence,
But you know you can never love again.
Have you forgotten what it's like?

11. Have you forgotten what it's like?
To crucify yourself -
To sacrifice the present for the past;
To drive nails through your hands,
And nails through your feet,
Nails through the centre of your heart?
Have you forgotten what it's like?

12. When the hand that rocked the cradle,-
Became the Devil's ladle,
And once again you're staring at the wall
Have you forgotten what it's like?

Have you forgotten what it's like?