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
 Thrown 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 up 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 the 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 wanna know
 You didn't wanna know
 These are the memories we keep
 We don't wanna show
 We don't wanna 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