I am not to blame
I was a little girl
I am still ashamed in a way
But you never said
You were just a little girl
You can always call my name
All for love
So you said
Out of love
So I fell
Things you never said
I was just a little girl
Were you scared or ashamed
Then you took away
My little place in the world
Where I would play
All this time
You will never say
I was just a little girl
Ever again


Lyrics submitted by dragonflower44, edited by lethalmotion, Mellow_Harsher

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    Listening to this song for the first time was the single most haunting experience of my life

    Vinceon January 30, 2002   Link
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    ditto. The lyrics are short but their power is profound. It's like he knows exactly how I feel and what I went though!

    sentimentalf0olon June 05, 2002   Link
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    when he sings the same notes as the guitar...........now thats eerie......freaks me out everytime i hear it..

    mockorange13on July 07, 2002   Link
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    at first i thought this was about a little girl that was raped..

    CONTROLDbyhatredon May 10, 2003   Link
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    I'm with Controld... I still think it sounds eerily like a young woman/girl who's been raped, or maybe just coerced into sex.

    ihavenomouthon June 15, 2003   Link
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    this song kinda makes me wanna cry

    poodleactionon December 28, 2004   Link
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    i listened to this song for 5 hours straight. It's so good. I think it's about a little girl getting rsped/molested.

    thisrainwontlaston April 07, 2005   Link
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    i listened to this song for 5 hours straight. It's so good. I think it's about a little girl getting rsped/molested.

    thisrainwontlaston April 07, 2005   Link
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    i think the interpretation of a girl being molested is too obvious. i think the song has more to offer.

    the lines "you never said / you were just a little girl" in combination with "i am not to blame / i was just a little girl" could imply that something happened between two people, where one side (or maybe both) acted immaturely or at least felt that way. the people don't necessarily have to be a male and a female, since the phrase of "little girl" could just imply a stereotypical mental state of insecurity, naivety or something like that. these afformentioned actions then lead to alienation in one part as symbolized in the lines "you took away / my little place in the world"

    thisboyistocotronicon May 08, 2006   Link

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