Violence Out Tonight
Title | Violence Out Tonight |
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Artist | Little Comets |
Album | Life Is Elsewhere |
Release Date | 2012-09-05 |
Description | Not one’s to shy away from difficult and unpleasant topics, Robert Coles illustrates charming evening between two strangers that is later interrupted with sexual violence. Coles' solemn lyricws reflects the aftermath of the night the affects on the female victim, who “feels more at blame than able..”. |
Lyrics | [Verse] And so he offers her his coat In return for her devotion For he loves her like a boat That he keeps out on the ocean He says, I'll tell you lover That I don't need no others arms at all But as he fixes her a look All the innocence that she mistook for charm Dies in the vacuum of his startling deep emotion [Chorus] There's violence out tonight There's violence out tonight There's violence out tonight, tonight There's violence out tonight [Verse] As they step into the dark Only moonlight hides his treason And as the shadows skip like sharks Through the gasps of air between them She says, 'becalm your hands, boy I thought restraint was now your sentiment of choice' But as his fingers strike her blouse All the words that he espoused lie deftly scattered on the ground Amidst the buttons he's torn open [Chorus] There's violence out tonight There's violence out tonight, tonight In every room, in every heart In every moment you discard There's violence out tonight, tonight [Verse] And so she stalks the stolid streets, debased A tepid flickering of street lights Wipes the grief across her face Since she wears upon her brow The ragged gape of alienation That will follow her around And like for every victim It seems the pain will not subtract or even calm All this protracted by a state In which the poor conviction rate for rape can often leave a woman Feeling more at blame than able You might also like[Chorus] To talk about violence tonight To talk about violence tonight, tonight In every moment, every room In every word that you consume In every second, every chance In every twisting of romance In every momentary embrace In every moment of your face There's violence out tonight, tonight |