Saving Grace - All, But The Archer Lyrics

All I ever wanted was a father to love and edify me. All I ever wanted was a
lasting pure embrace, but your attempt was self-serving and sick. What father
would ever do this to his own child?...to his own child?...to his own child?
Let me fall victim to perversion : justice died the moment you stepped in. Let
me fall victim to perversion : justice died the moment you stepped in. Trust
betrayed and innocence taken : silence bought your justification. Trust
betrayed and innocence taken : silence bought your justification. You put a
price on... You put a price on...purity : scared it into secrecy, but dormant
bodies burst. But the scratches on the surface hinted at something terrible
beneath, waiting to bleed out a secret death : a truth untold, but once it's
spilled the battle is over. Internal bleeding ebbs long after wounds have
healed. No part of me remains untainted by your hands. The guilt is on your
head : the blood is on your hands. The guilt is on your head... your head.....
This war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is
won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This
war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is won. This war is won.
This war is won.

[Song commentary (by vocalist Nicholas Tautuhi):
As a child I was sexually abused for many years by a close family friend, who
tried to justify his actions by telling me that he wanted to give me what I had
been missing out on by not having my father around. Every day of my life I can
feel the effects of what I lived through and every day is a battle to fight.
Some days it's easy and some days I go to sleep with the taste of defeat on my
tongue, but at the end of it all the victory is in shedding light on this
struggle. It's in darkness that our inner demons thrive, so don't give darkness
a chance to take hold of your hurts... give them to Jesus.]