Hush

You pray for quiet

Inside your head, the screams won't silence

I remember those days

The terror that's the home, the fear that's in your bones

It just won't go away, no

The strangle holds, the insulting names

The wound up shirt around his fist

The nose-to-nose beer-stinking breath

Thrown down onto the floor, so battered, bruised, and sore

Choked down onto the bed

And thrash until you break your neck

Hell's where I was born, Hell's where I was raised

This Hell is where I'm from and this Hell is where I'll stay

The hush is all I need to hush the misery

The hush that belongs to me, like the hush inside a dream

Just be still and pray, and let the noise just fade away

Retain the violence, locks your heart like a secret closet

So no one can penetrate

You just can't stand the touch, affection weighs too much

You push everyone away from

The reckoning, the venom stings

Whipped so bad, I pissed myself

Still wear the beatings from that belt

If this reminds you of home

You better know you're not alone

Hold a gun up to my head

I'll pull the trigger on myself

Hell's where I was born, Hell's where I was raised

This Hell is where I'm from and this Hell is where I'll stay

The hush is all I need to hush the misery

The hush that belongs to me, like the hush inside a dream

Just be still and pray

These are the memories in me

You didn't want to know, you didn't want to know

These are the memories we keep

We don't want to show, we don't want to show

But now at least you know you're not alone

Hush is all I need, hush the misery

Hush belongs to me, like the hush inside a dream

Hell's where I was born, hell's where I was raised

This Hell is where I'm from and this Hell is where I'll stay

The hush is all I need to hush the misery

The hush that belongs to me, like the hush inside a dream

Just be still and pray, and let the noise just fade away