Sabrina

[Verse] I woke up from a deep sleep I must've had a nightmare But I really cannot remember My heart was beating up out of my chest, and I was cold I must've left the window cracked Twenty-fifth of September and the winter's coming back The house is unusually quiet, and I'm wondering where Sabrina's at By this time, at eight o'clock She would've been pullin' on my blanket Saying, Daddy, I want some cereal" Wondering where her mommy's at My door's wide open I can hear the breeze hit the curtains Wind chime hangin' on the front porch singing Sabrina must be asleep I pull back the sheet Get up and walk toward her room in the hall Not a peep, not a sound, not at all The anxiety of a father is settin' in As I turn the corner to her room Her Mickey Mouse blanket's on the floor, she isn't in the bed I take a deep breath, put my hand on my head Relax, it's a game of hide and seek She's in the closet, I know it, I open the door, "Gotcha!" She isn't there The faint sound of the television from downstairs is playing some cartoons She's on the couch, of course, how did I oversleep? "Baby girl, why didn't you come wake up daddy?" Not a response Fear turned to frustration "Sabrina, answer me" "'Brina, this isn't funny" I ran to the couch, she's not there I'm startin' to panic and I'm lookin' up everywhere Guest rooms, bathrooms, cabinets Under the tables, the attic Wait a minute, oh God no I know she wouldn't go outside We live so far back in the woods, she wouldn't dare It's too scary for a little girl just to go bye-bye I'm trying to escape my mind's eye But my imagination is runnin' wild At this point, I'm talkin' to God, "Please Lord Please I'm scared, help me find my child" I run to the basement (Sabrina!) Sweat beads on my hands Pacin', thinkin' Pacin', thinkin', turn my face in The screen door to the backyard's ajar I run to the swing set Swing set? No Sandbox? No God dammit, Sabrina, where'd you go? (Where you at, baby?) There's a trail to a pond that I take her to Every day, maybe she's down there I run down the trail, it's about a hundred yards We usually hang out on the pier And as I get close in Everything moves slow motion Her little white shirt on the surface of the water She was there – lifeless, floating (Oh my God!) The pain I can't explain, I couldn't say anything I ran to the water God, is this really my daughter? I picked her up, she was heavy I held her tight in my arms, I took her out of the pond I laid her down in the grass, I couldn't breathe, I gasped Givin' her CPR, she wasn't respondin' to it My phone in my pocket, my hands are shakin', my vision's blurry 9-1-1'll send an ambulance in a hurry But it was too late, no tellin' how long she wasn't breathing Her skin was the color purple, her lips were ice cold She must have fell off the pier reachin' for her teddy bear She tried to get out, she got wood under her nails God, what did You do to us? What have You done? I say my prayers at night, haven't I been a good son? What did You do to my baby? She's mine, now give her back You don't deserve her if You let her die like that!