late in september
the memories i can't erase
the chill the true autumn
the memory of your face

as i grew much older i wonder
whatever i could have done
to fight all the madness
i close my eyes
to find truth in what i'm sayin'
they thought it was all a lie
how could they deny it?
when i was just a little child

secrets i kept inside me
no one can understand
secrets i had to hide
Ôcause no one would hold my hand
with the secrets for me know
and never for you to see
secrets for only me

emotions so bothered my soul
to know that i felt such pain
i thought it would go far away
it did for the moment

truth in what i'm saying
they thought it was all a lie
how could they deny it?
when i was just a child

the little ones they could not escape the pain & misery
would no one ever set them free?
why do you pretend to see?
all the pain they had to go through
can't you hear them cry out to you?

babies cryin'
people are dyin'
there's secrets inside their heart