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 his breath away 

when he's gently sleeping soundly next to her



Oh how (x6)

Can I save her



How am I to live this life 

when the only certanty 

is that death is waiting for me at the end

everyday that passes, 

i know time is running out

and i fear i may have failed what i'd been given 



oh how (x4)

Tell me how 

Oh how 

Am I supposed to live



How am I to define what faith is to a child

When the only explaination lies within

How am I to tell them if they never follow Christ

That heaven doesn't hold a place for them



Oh how (x4)

Tell me how

When I'm no better than them



Oh how (x4)

Tell me how 

Oh how

Am I suposed to live.