Domesticated Violence

Pointing mental guns at one another's head
Killing each other on the inside with what's been said

Taking a swing, I don't want to fight
We've been pushed to our limits tonight

You're drunk, I'm crazy; it all evens out
Grudges chalk up as we go bout by bout

A scrape, a cut, a blow, a break
It's amazing how much we each can take

It's not the love or the feelings that we lack
As I watch tears stream her face and sweat drench her back

Our skin bleeds, our lips drool
But the pain inside is the worse to duel

Brimstone and hell
As the relationship dries up and hope fails

Stress, vexation, strain
As the blood boils and toils, coursing through our veins

Driving nails into each other's coffin
The brutality has only made your heart toughen

And then somebody buckles and gives
Realization and guilt cripples the other; this not the way to live

Cowering in fear of each other and yourselves
Into the frailty of life, you've dangerously delve

Huddling close and hugging, you wonder why
But the answers won't come quick enough; all you can do is cry

It came to close this time, you realize, now morbidly sober
Will this ever end? Nothing else matters right now, you're just glad it's over