There Is No Love Here

She was a girl made of crimson and plaster
With a heart made of stone she thought no one could master
But she left it wide open for the entire world to see
And it taught her a lesson that nothing is what it should be
She said, eyes wide
There will never be love here

She scarred her own arms after he left bruises on her face
She thought she was strong, but that wasn’t the case
Each time she shielded herself from his fist
She knew there would be another part of life she missed
She said, scared to death
There will never be love here

She was brought into the world thinking love was something pure
And that for every problem there was a special cure
But she soon lost her faith when he pushed her to the ground
And it was too late to escape when she discovered she was bound
And she said, shaking in infinite fear
There is no love here

She put on a mask and called herself content
But on the inside she knew what she really meant
Though he told her he loved her after every new bruise
She knew, inside, she had everything to lose
And she said, her voice shaking
There is no love here

Even though he held her and told her he was true
He broke her trust and stole her innocence when he turned her black and blue
Her mother asked her why she always looked so beaten down
And why she never did replace that smile with a frown
And she said, shaking her head
There is no love here

She soon saw the world as a place made for hurt
And her outlook on life soon buried her in the dirt
But still she clung to him like he was the only one
And the darkness within her spilled the shadows and burnt the sun
And she said, muffling her voice in the pillow
There is no love here

He cursed her with a child he would never let live
And after he forced her abortion she had nothing left to give
The girl he was beating became an empty shell
And he was the devil in her burning hell
And she whispered, wiping tears from her face
There is no love here

She couldn’t grab a hold of what could get her out of that place
Each time she woke she dreaded seeing his face
But he wouldn’t let her leave when she begged for sweet release
And he always got away with telling her that there would soon be peace
And she cried, clutching her chest
There is no love here

He left her hungry, ravenous for love, desperate for a smile
But she knew she wouldn’t find it, even if she walked a mile
He held her down with stone hands and voice of steel
Saying that she better listen, it didn’t seem real
And she screamed, pulling away
There is no love here

She drifted away from the world around her, desperate for escape
He filled her world with beatings, tears and endless rape
At first she tried to fight and speak the rights she knew she had
But instead of making him calm down it only made him mad
And she cried, bleeding endlessly inside
There is no love here


Look around you now, everyone, can you see the cruelty here?
Can you see the endless abuse that occurs every year?
Where is your anger? Where is your outrage?
Are you all just too afraid to turn life’s page?
We all cry, pitying the victims
There is no love here

There never will be love here