History of Violence

The city's on fire

The streets are a riot

Now look at this place, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

So beautiful, she knew it every single day

Got a smile that left him right around the way

Yeah, it makes you feel good, wondering why she stays

So afraid, afraid of you

She need a sedative to get her straight

You know she need a cigarette, she got the shakes

Put them sunglasses on to hide her face

Such a waste, a waste on you

Tell me, why are you ashamed?

Too scared to run away

You love him anyway

Surviving just on the pain

The city's on fire

The streets are a riot

Now look at this place, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Oh, look what you've started

It's a history of violence

Now look at your face, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Maybe the way out is a .38

God gave her a sign, not a moment late

Tonight, she's gonna point it at his fucking face

Then bang, he's blown away

Tell me, why are you ashamed?

Too scared to run away

You love him anyway

Surviving just on the pain

Tell me where she went wrong

She hears sadness in every song

She knows someday that she'll be gone

Until then, please, stay strong

The city's on fire

The streets are a riot

Now look at this place, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Oh, look what you've started

It's a history of violence

Now look at your face, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Still in shock from the blast, sure the neighbors heard it

Now or never, crossed a man and it wasn't worth it

No regrets from what the judge calls a bad decision

Now she's doing twenty years in a women's prison

Yeah, she'll never have her life, will she feel at all?

She'll never know what it's like not to feel alone

No kids that will love her unconditional

No cure for a sickness that's medicinal

She flying high in her cell, she can finally breathe

She flying high outta hell, now she finally free

Man, he fed her to the lions, that monster

He promised her diamonds for silence

It's the history of violence

The city's on fire

The streets are a riot

Now look at this place, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Oh, look what you've started

It's a history of violence

Now look at your face, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Now look at your face, no one is safe

No one is safe from you

Oh, look what you've started

It's a history of violence

Now look at your face, no one is safe

No one is safe from you