History of Violence

[00:01.17] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[00:07.22] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[00:10.33] No one is safe from you
[00:13.65] So beautiful, she knew it every single day
[00:16.41] Got a smile that left him right around the way
[00:19.61] Yeah, makes you feel good, wondering why she stays
[00:22.64] So afraid, afraid of you
[00:25.80] She need a sedative to get a strain
[00:28.34] You know she need a cigarette, she got the shakes
[00:31.52] Put them sunglasses on to hide her face
[00:34.47] Such a waste, a waste on you
[00:37.62] Tell me, why you ashamed?
[00:40.83] Too scared to run away
[00:44.02] You love him anyway
[00:46.63] Surviving just on the pain
[00:49.41] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[00:55.24] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[00:58.58] No one is safe from you
[01:01.40] Oh, look what you've started
[01:04.08] It's a history of violence
[01:07.08] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[01:10.05] No one is safe from you
[01:12.55] Maybe the way out is a .38
[01:15.10] God gave her a sign, not a moment late
[01:17.74] Tonight she's gonna point it at his fucking face
[01:20.91] Then bang, he's blown away
[01:24.99] Tell me, why you ashamed?
[01:27.65] Too scared to run away
[01:30.52] You love him anyway
[01:33.22] Surviving just on the pain
[01:36.54] Tell me where she went wrong
[01:39.08] She is sadness in every song
[01:41.94] She knows someday that she'll be gone
[01:45.28] Until then, please, stay strong
[01:48.04] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[01:53.84] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[01:57.29] No one is safe from you
[01:59.89] Oh, look what you've started (Started)
[02:02.55] It's a history of violence (Violence)
[02:05.74] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[02:08.72] No one is safe from you
[02:13.43] Still in shock from the blast, sure the neighbors heard it
[02:16.46] Now or never, crossed a man that it wasn't worth it
[02:19.45] No regrets from what the judge calls a bad decision
[02:22.35] Now she's doing twenty years in a women's prison
[02:25.30] Yeah, she'll never have her life, will she feel at all?
[02:28.06] She'll never know what it's like not to feel alone
[02:31.10] No kids that will love her unconditional
[02:33.89] No cure for a sickness that's medicinal
[02:37.06] She's flying high in her cell, she can finally breathe
[02:39.68] She's flying high outta hell, now she finally free
[02:42.77] Man, he fed her to the lions, that monster
[02:45.12] He promised her diamonds for silence
[02:47.02] It's the history of violence
[02:49.27] The city's on fire, the streets are a riot
[02:55.36] Now look at this place, no one is safe
[02:58.64] No one is safe from you
[03:01.46] Oh, look what you've started
[03:03.91] It's a history of violence
[03:07.06] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:10.28] No one is safe from you
[03:14.06]
[03:18.66] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:21.85] No one is safe from you
[03:24.73] Oh, look what you've started
[03:27.64] It's a history of violence
[03:30.20] Now look at your face, no one is safe
[03:33.58] No one is safe from you
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