History of Violence

[00:01.12] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[00:07.29] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[00:10.33] No one is safe from you
[00:13.62] So beautiful, she knew it every single day
[00:16.48] Got a smile that left him right around the way
[00:19.62] Yeah, makes you feel good, wondering why she stays
[00:22.63] So afraid, afraid of you
[00:25.84] She need a sedative to get a strain
[00:28.33] You know she need a cigarette, she got the shakes
[00:31.59] Put them sunglasses on to hide her face
[00:34.49] Such a waste, a waste on you
[00:37.70] Tell me, why you ashamed?
[00:40.86] Too scared to run away
[00:44.06] You love him anyway
[00:46.63] Surviving just on the pain
[00:49.44] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[00:55.24] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[00:58.52] No one is safe from you
[01:01.47] Oh, look what you've started
[01:04.08] It's a history of violence
[01:07.00] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[01:10.04] No one is safe from you
[01:12.51] Maybe the way out is a .38
[01:15.08] God gave her a sign, not a moment late
[01:17.76] Tonight she's gonna point it at his fucking face
[01:20.97] Then bang, he's blown away
[01:24.97] Tell me, why you ashamed?
[01:27.63] Too scared to run away
[01:30.50] You love him anyway
[01:33.23] Surviving just on the pain
[01:36.50] Tell me where she went wrong
[01:39.02] She is sadness in every song
[01:41.93] She knows someday that she'll be gone
[01:45.24] Until then, please, stay strong
[01:48.04] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[01:53.81] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[01:57.26] No one is safe from you
[01:59.88] Oh, look what you've started (Started)
[02:02.56] It's a history of violence (Violence)
[02:05.79] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[02:08.78] No one is safe from you
[02:13.45] Still in shock from the blast, sure the neighbors heard it
[02:16.48] Now or never, crossed a man that it wasn't worth it
[02:19.44] No regrets from what the judge calls a bad decision
[02:22.32] Now she's doing twenty years in a women's prison
[02:25.32] Yeah, she'll never have her life, will she feel at all?
[02:28.08] She'll never know what it's like not to feel alone
[02:31.17] No kids that will love her unconditional
[02:33.84] No cure for a sickness that's medicinal
[02:37.06] She's flying high in her cell, she can finally breathe
[02:39.65] She's flying high outta hell, now she finally free
[02:42.74] Man, he fed her to the lions, that monster
[02:45.10] He promised her diamonds for silence
[02:47.06] It's the history of violence
[02:49.21] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[02:55.37] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[02:58.63] No one is safe from you
[03:01.48] Oh, look what you've started
[03:03.91] It's a history of violence
[03:07.04] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:10.22] No one is safe from you
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[03:18.61] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:21.86] No one is safe from you
[03:24.76] Oh, look what you've started
[03:27.65] It's a history of violence
[03:30.21] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:33.57] No one is safe from you
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