Christina Aguilera – I’m OK Lyrics

Christina Aguilera – I’m OK Lyrics

I’m OK Lyrics by Christina Aguilera

This is one of the most personal songs Christina has ever written. She was given a lot of guidance by Linda Perry in how to let out all the emotions this song deserve. You can even hear Christina choking up with tears while singing this song. She has only sung it live once at VH1 special stage. The song is about the abusive household Christina grew up in with her mother and sister. At the time when her father was using domestic violence against Christina’s mother and also herself. Beating them till the point that even coming home was something so scary because she never knew what she would find.

[Intro]
Mm

[Verse 1]
Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never knew just where to turn for shelter from the storm
Hurt me to see the pain across my mother’s face
Every time my father’s fist would put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling, I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

[Chorus]
Bruises fade, Father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
And I’m OK

[Verse 2]
I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it’s you that helped me put up all these walls I’ve built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming, “Please, no more”
Daddy, don’t you understand the damage you have done?
To you, it’s just a memory, but for me, it still lives on

[Chorus]
Bruises fade, Father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday

[Bridge]
It’s not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And every day, I’m afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see next

[Chorus]
Bruises fade, Father, but the pain remains the same (Same)
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love you gave
Every morning that I wake, I look back at yesterday
And I’m OK
I’m OK