Fall
To the floor and then I
See him stand, making me
Crawl
To the door and then he’s
Following, gracefully
No
The power isn’t all about
Reminiscing
When he’s wishing
That I was the source of every problem but
Now
Take it out on me
Yelling in the house to be
The partiarchetype
And he fills another glass
And it crashes with the light so I
Run
With no escaping
While she cries, and turns her cheek
Silence, until I scream
Silence, until I scream

Look at him
Face grim
Smirk mouth
Laughing out
Till I grab the closest thing and
Let him know just what I’m thinking
Now the house will fall apart
But I already saw the start and
Waiting till he looks at me
Silence, until I scream
Silence, until I scream
Silence until I scream
What I’ve written down
– when he isn’t around
– and sitting on the couch
While she’s in the kitchen now and I

Have it written down
The pictures on the ground
I envision with the sound
Living in a different house

Silence until I scream…

Black
Is all I see with
One eye open
Hard to breathe in
Back
Of the hand that feeds
I don’t understand why I can’t just leave
He’s a man, a beast, and bantering
My fantasy is to make him bleed
By chance he comes randomly
But I plan to bring the family

Once again I
Must defend
For the months ahead
The love is dead
She wants a friend
I run instead
Cause she neglects
And he pretends
That it’s not a mess
It’s obvious
From the marks on my chest
That are dark and the scars
That are hidden by a vest
And it’s written on a desk
Silence, until I scream
Silence until I scream…
While she cries, and turns her cheek
Silence – until I scream
Silence until I scream
Silence until I scream

What I’ve written down
– when he isn’t around
– and sitting on the couch
While she’s in the kitchen now and I

Have it written down
The pictures on the ground
I envision with the sound
Living in a different house

Waiting till he looks at me
Silence until I scream…

Look at him
Face grim
Bloody mouth
Passing out
Then I drop the closest thing and
Let him know just what I’m thinking
Now the house just fell apart
But I already saw the start and
Waiting till he looks at me
Silence, until he screams
Silence until I scream