Sabrina lyrics

[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!