Tell Me How

How am I supposed to know what love is really like When, I've never even been in love before Aren't you supposed to love yourself before You can understand how to love someone after all How can I find a way to keep my mother safe From the boogie man who hides under the stairs How can I find a way to take this breath away When he's gently sleeping soundly next to her Oh how Oh how Oh how Oh how can I save her How am I to live this life when the only certainty Is that death is waiting for me at the end And every day that passes I know time is running out And I fear that I may fail the life I've been given Oh how Oh how Tell me how Oh how am I supposed to live How am I to define what faith is to a child When the only explanation lies within How am I to tell them if they never follow Christ That heaven doesn't hold a place for them Oh how Oh how Tell me how when I'm no better than them