Violence Out Tonight - Little Comets

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

There’s violence out tonight

There’s violence out tonight

There’s violence out tonight, tonight

There’s violence out tonight

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

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

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

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