In the fiery house of hell 

Her deadpan emotions don’t sell

The story of the throbbing welt

His anger flared into to a yell

She shuts her eyes, closes her mind

Slippery slope, she cannot float

Abandoned hope, she cannot cope

No anecdote so without a note

She tightens the rope around her throat

To be free

During the blackness of the night

He takes advantage of her right

The twisted sheets become un-white  

Paralyzed she cannot take flight

She shuts her eyes, closes her mind

Slippery slope, she cannot float

Abandoned hope, she cannot cope

No anecdote so without a note

She tightens the rope around her throat

To be free

She dreams of being an halcyon at sea

Fluttering to the wind’s calm harmony

An illusion out of reach

Slippery slope, she cannot float

Abandoned hope, she cannot cope

No anecdote so without a note

She tightens the rope around her throat

To be free

An illusion within reach

To be free