The past is coliding with the present, I watch it before my very eyes
Everyone walks around me though, lost in their own lives, unaware of my cries
I love you more than words can say, we both know that this is true
The cost though is becoming too much, and I'm not sure what to do

You are my sister, I'd give you everything I own, if it would make you change your ways
I've prayed for you every night for what seems like forever, wishing for you lighter days
The alcohol though that you drink is posion, and will destroy anything that is good
One day you will want to turn back time, wishing that you could

I have a cold fear in my heart, I lay awake at night not able to sleep
Do you realise how serious this has become, you've got yourself in so deep
I stare at the picture of this precious girl of yours, and my eyes swell with tears
For when I look into her eyes, it's then that I realise most my fears

Our family gets so caught up in these things, but does anyone pause to really stop and think
No...to make it better, you just take another drink
I have hope in my heart, for you say you will change, but I've heard it before
I'm just not ready yet though to walk away, so you can always walk through my "door"

I want so much to tell you all I've found out, maybe then you would see
Then I think no I shouldn't, that it's best just to let things be
How my heart aches though, as I watch the cycle forming all over again
I want to wake up from this nightmare, and for once it to finally end

So Dad will turn his head again, because years has taken its toll
He's had years of this kind of pain, it's embedded deep in his heart and soul
So just like twenty one years ago, it's up to me
Do I walk away or do I step in, do I try to help you again, or do I set my own heart free?

So many questions, so little answers, and sometimes I wonder do you really even care
You talk to me, and you say the words, but they are just the words I want to hear
I love you Linda Kay, more than any words could ever say
But it's time to change, before it's too late, so please for the sake of us all, make this pain go away

You are the only one who can, don't you see that you have such beauty in you
Instead though you throw it away, don't do it, don't be dumb and play the fool
Break this cycle, break it once and for all
So that we can all move on with our lives, and get past this concrete "wall"