Behind closed doors
philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)
Her hands begin to shake her knees go weak
Tears flowing down her face she tries hard to speak
But he lunges in a rage knocks her to the floor
Kicks her head ‘till the blood runs red then storms out through the door
No one to turn to no one to tell
Feeling all-alone trapped in this living hell
She’d take her own life if it wasn’t for her son
So she sits there cowering ‘because there’s nowhere she can run
Behind closed doors, she wipes away the blood
Behind closed doors the terror she endures
Behind closed doors, she’d leave him if she could
But he puts the fear of God in her
Behind closed doors
She tells the neighbours she’d fallen down the stair
But they see behind her smile the depths of her despair
Although they sympathise they will not get involved
Burying their heads away so nothing gets resolved
The laws of this land are no help to her plight
To the policeman, it’s just another domestic fight
But they can intervene when murders taken place
If that’s justice then justice is a disgrace
Behind closed doors, she wipes away the blood
Behind closed doors the terror she endures
Behind closed doors, she’d leave him if she could
But he puts the fear of God in her
Behind closed doors
This song is for a friend who suffered in this way
But the only justice will be at the judgment day
Her husband’s now in prison they sentenced him to life
For the brutal way in which he murdered his own wife
Behind closed doors, she wiped away her blood
Behind closed doors the terror she endured
Behind closed doors, she’ll suffer him no more
She lies dead as he lives his life
Behind closed doors
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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021
Modified on March 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aabbccdd EFGHI jjkkllmm EFGHI nnoo exboI |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,589 |
Words | 301 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 8, 5, 4, 5 |
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