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, makes you feel good, wondering why she stays So afraid, afraid of you She need a sedative to get a strain 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 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 you ashamed? Too scared to run away You love him anyway Surviving just on the pain Tell me where she went wrong She is 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 (Started) It's a history of violence (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 that 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's flying high in her cell, she can finally breathe She's 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