If he whispered in your ear
If he told you one more time
That he loves you, that he wants you, that he needs you
Then turned around and smacked you to the ground in a fit of drunken rage
What would you do?

If he promised the booze would go
And swore to quit his habits
And told you that he loved you
Then spent the night at the bar and came home cursing you to hell
What would you do?

How far are you willing to take it?
How far will you let him go?
You’re crushed under the weight of his threats and his anger
You’re drowning in your own pain

No one sees through his smile
They don’t know who he is
You suffer and bleed
And you’re covered in bruises
Held down by chains while he roams free

A/N---

-1 in every 3 women have been beaten.
-28% of abusers were intimates such as husbands or boyfriends.
-Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women and about 2 % of the violence experienced by men.
-Every year, domestic violence results in almost 100,000 days of hospitalizations, almost 30,000 emergency department visits, and almost 40,000 visits to a physician.
-In 2003, among all female murder victims in the U.S., 30% were slain by their husbands or boyfriends
-One in five female high school students reports being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
-40% of teenage girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.
-Of women who reported being raped and/or physically assaulted since the age of 18, 76% were victimized by a current or former husband or boyfriend.
-In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women.

These are the facts.
No one should have to suffer from domestic violence.