Little blind me

Since I’m little, papa’s love will never run dry  
That’s what papa says 
My little heart’s quiet voice 
So easy to pacify
with attention and toys
That’s what papa says 

Since I’m little, I’ll believe all of papa’s promises 
And obediently answer “yes”
That’s what papa says 
My innocent little ears
hear nothing but cheers
That’s what papa says

Since I’m little, I should save my tears 
That’s what papa says  
My little eyes only see kindness
a childlike blindness
that disappears over the years 
That’s what papa says 

But papa can’t tell
that my little ears
hear papa yell
after bedtime
That my little heart 
sees through papa’s lies
and saw papa’s crime
that one time
That my little eyes know more than he thinks 

How papa sighs and he drinks 
How papa cries and he shrinks 

But I’ll always believe papa
without a doubt 
Even when I know papa deceives me
When papa’s love can’t fill up my heart fully
and runs out 
As long as papa never leaves me
Even when my little body grows out of my clothes 
Papa, let’s promise to keep our oaths 
My little mouth won’t tell 
what happened long ago 
It’s better you don’t know
that I know papa so well