I should have left you, I was a fool

you came home late, that was the rule

 

you're drunk, you're sorry, an empty excuse

why did I stay and take the abuse

 

don't cry or scream, you raised your hand

smack me again, prove you're a man

 

only two reasons, why I stayed with you

deep shame and fear, you know it's true

 

your life or mine, which one did I lead?

go on, hit me, make me bleed

 

you once had a soul, and so did I

you took mine away, I want to die

 

keep pounding and hurting, you’re getting rough

choke me and shake me, show me you’re tough

 

ten years of terror has iced my veins

hit me again and I'll blow out your brains

 

the best reward, as I sealed your fate

was the look on your face, a black thirty-eight

 

self preservation, it's not a bluff

I pulled the trigger, I've had enough

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