Could it have gone a different way?

If I had never chosen to stay

Stay with he who breaks me

Will I ever break free?

What has gotten this hold on me?

Why do I stay where I can't see?

I need answers because I don't know

Why I'd go where love is the foe

It's tearing me apart

Why am I still here?

Is it because my heart

Was mutilated for so many years?