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 Verse 1 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 Pre-Chorus Tell me, why are you ashamed Too scared to run away You love him anyway Surviving just on the pain Chorus 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 Verse 2 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 Pre-Chorus 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 Chorus 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 Verse 3 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 Chorus 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 Outro 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