For all of those who have a father wound.
barb harmatys
mirabelles promise
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Story behind the song
This song was written in response to the abandonment of our family by my father when I was four years of age. Writing this song was a time of reckoning for me, as I finally put the guilt where it belonged.
Lyrics
Where are you Daddy? Where did you go?
Why don't you love us? I feel so alone.
Is it my fault? Is that why you left?
I can't stand the guilt, so I hide in myself.
I hide from the pain, and I put on a smile;
Securing my mask, I hide in my lie.
A butterfly lost, a cocoon spun so tight;
That nothing can penetrate its dark, lonely night.
But finally a light, breaks through this haze;
And displaced guilt is put properly in its place.
And this butterfly lights on tender plants in its path;
And in age wisdom comes to this childhood past.
I can never regain all that was lost;
But eternity's view takes care of the cost.
Thank you Father for love, that never let go;
Of this little girl's dreams, born so long ago.
And as I lay me down to sleep;
My Father's arms about me keep.
My childhood pain is safe in His care;
To heal and to hope, and to find Him there.