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There is so much #domesticviolence
#coercivecontrol in songs.

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Every Breath You Take- Police

Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take I’ll be watching you Every single day And every word you say Every game you play, every night you stay I’ll be watching you Oh, can’t you see You belong to me?

Run for your Life - The Beatles

Well I’d rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl Or you won’t know where I am
You better run for your life if you can.

Die, Die My Darling - Metallica

Die, die, die my darling
Don’t utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty eyes
I’ll be seeing you in hell
So don’t cry to me oh baby
Your future’s in an oblong box

Just the Two of Us (Bonnie and Clyde) - Eminem

Mama’s too sleepy to hear you screamin’ in her ear,
That’s why you can’t get her to wake,
But don’t worry, dada made a nice bed for mama at the bottom of the lake,
Here, you want to help dada tie a rope around this rock?

There goes mama splashin’ in the water
No more fighin’ your dad, no more restrainin’ order,
No more step dada, no more new brother,
Blow her kisses bye-bye, tell mama you love her,

Run For Your Life - Jarvis Church

Run for you life
You wish he had with you
Cut you with a knife
And leaves you
Lying on the side walk
With your heart in your hand

Goodbye Earl -Dixie Chicks

Well it wasn’t 2 weeks after she got married that Wanda started getting abused,
She put on dark glasses, and long sleeved blouses, and makeup to cover her bruise,
Well she finally got the nerve to file for a divorce, she let the law take it from there,

But Earl walked right through that restraining order, and put her in intensive care

Evangeline - Little Big Town

He won’t lay a finger on you
He won’t wreck your pretty face
But he’ll tell you that you’re worthless
Just to put you in your place
Well, you don’t have to be kicked to be bruised, no
And you don’t have to be hit to be abused

But it ain’t love if it’s mean Evangeline
And the smile that you’re wearing
Is just a lovely veil
For the secrets that you’re hiding
That are just too dark to tell
you don’t have to be cut to be scarred
you don’t have to be struck to leave a mark

Source: wiki.preventconnect.org/songs-related-…

Kiss with a fist- Florence + the machine

You hit me once, I hit you back
You gave a kick, I gave a slap
You smashed a plate over my head
Then I set fire to our bed

My black eye casts no shadow
Your red eye sees nothing
Your slaps don't stick, your kicks don't hit
So we remain the same
Love sticks, sweat drips
Break the lock if it don't fit
A kick to the teeth is good for some
A kiss with a fist is better than none

I broke your jaw once before
I spilled your blood upon the floor
You broke my leg in return
So sit back and watch the bed burn
Love sticks, sweat drips
Break the lock if it don't fit

Girl with One Eye - Florence + The Machine

She told me not to step on the cracks
I told her not to fuss and relax
Pretty little face stopped me in my tracks
But now she sleeps with one eye open
That's the price she'll pay
I took a knife and cut out her eye

I took it home and watched it wither and die
Well, she's lucky that I didn't slip her a smile
That's why she sleeps with one eye open,

I slipped my hand under her skirt
I said "don't worry, oh, it's not gonna hurt"
Oh, my reputation's kinda clouded with dirt

Delilah- Tom Jones

I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah

At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah

Fistful of love - antony and the johnsons

And I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love