By: Martina Mcbride By: Martina Mcbride

She walks to school with a lunch she packedNobody knows what she's holding back;bearing the same dress she wore yesterday.She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh Meaning: “She walks to school with the lunch she packed, so she’s responsible for herself. “Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday” Nobody cares enough to give her clean clothes. “She hides the bruises with a linen and lace” Shes afraid to tell anyone something happened to her.

Stanza 01

The teacher wonders but she doesn't askIt's hard to see the pain behind the maskBearing the burden of a secret stormSometimes she wishes she was never born

Meaning: “Its hard to see the pain” She hides all her pain behind a fake smile “Sometimes she wishes she was never born” She feels there is no place in this world.

Stanza 02

through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone in a world that she can't rise above but her dreams give her wingsand she flies to a place where she's loved concrete angel

Meaning: “Threw the wind and the rain she stands as hard as concrete” Saying the she cant rise above what’s happening “Her dreams give her wings” She knows there’s a better world out there.

Stanza 03 (Course)

somebody cries in the middle of the nightthe neighbors hear but they turn out the lighta fragile soul caught in the hands of fatewhen morning comes it'll be too late

Meaning: “The neighbors here but they turn out the lights’’ The one time she does cry out for help, people ignore it. ‘’’When morning comes it will be too late’’ Saying that when morning comes.. There will be no more girl.

Stanza 04

through the windand the rainshe stands hard as a stonein a world that she can't rise abovebut her dreams give her wingsand she flies to a place where she's lovedconcrete angel(Already Talked About It)

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Stanza 06

a statue stands in a shaded placean angel girl with an upturned facea name is written on a polished rocka broken heart that the world forgot

Meaning: ‘’A statue stands in a shaded place. An angel girl with a upturned face’’ She gone.. Its to late. ‘’A broken heart that the world forgot’’ The world as already forgotten her.

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Once again, we have already talked about this.

Concrete AngelBy: Martina

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