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They told us it was warfare We were fighting for our lives They said we could be delivered If we learned to say goodbye I was scared of every enemy They told us to defeat But the one that finally took her down They were all holding the leash And I can still hear her say Please don't let me fade away They told us not to feed the flesh And we took it literally We made our wrists raw with rubber bands 'Cause that's how they taught us to heal We took the name of God in vain Every time we said we were fine They called her surrender progress Every time she stopped eating I I used to think I'd end up the same But they left one girl off that bus that day And that's why I'm here to say Please don't let her fade away And I can still hear her say Please don't let me fade away They told us it was warfare We were fighting for our lives They said we could be delivered If we learned to say goodbye And every empty bed is evidence Of how they preyed on us And it's a long ride home When one less person gets on the bus But I survived And they won't take that away And as long as I'm alive She'll never fade away And I can still hear her say Please don't let me fade away