Does It Matter?

She hides her bruises underneath her sleeves

Tells herself it's nothing, just lover's grief

Her smile's a mask, her laughter thin

She wonders when her life became like this

She dreams of freedom but wakes in chains

A type of love that's only pain

Her friends don't call, they've seen enough

She swallows her screams, they call it a bluff

Does it matter if she cries alone?

Does it matter if he's broken her soul?

If no one sees it, does it even exist?

Does it matter if she's losing to his fists?

No, does it matter?

Does it matter?

The neighbors turn the heads pretend not to see

But she stays silent while her new scars bleed

Nobody helps her, nobody knows

She keeps it inside wherever she goes

Does it matter if she cries alone?

Does it matter if he's broken her soul?

If no one sees it, does it even exist?

Does it matter if she's losing to his fists?

No, does it matter?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?