Hush

Album: Blood for Blood (2014)
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  • You pray for quiet,
    Inside your head the screams won't silence
    I remember those days
    The terror past our 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
    Choke down on the truth of it, and touch it 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 of dreams
    Just be still and pray, and let the noise just fade away.

    Retain to violence
    Atop 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 bitter stings,
    Whipped so bad I pissed myself still with a beating stub held 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 of dreams
    Just be still and pray

    These are the memories. In me
    You didn't want to know! You didn't want to know!
    These are the memories we keep
    We don't want to show! We don't want to show!
    By now you need to know, (You're not alone)

    Hush is all I need, hush the misery
    Hush belongs to me, like the hush inside of dreams
    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 of dreams
    Just be still and pray and let the noise just fade away Writer/s: CHAD GRAY, KEVIN CHURKO, TOM MAXWELL, VINNIE PAUL
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Linda from Wa StateThank you. I had the same experiences AND tapes.
  • Ariel from LouisvilleI always like knowing I'm not alone.
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