She's alright No really, it was nothing Never mind Just ignore the bruise underneath her right eye She's fine She fell down the stairs last night Well she can't sleep Once upon a time he swept her off her feet Now with bourbon on his breath he hogs the sheets Seven days a week She's going crazy ♪ It's for self defense She swears, and slips it underneath the mattress Lights another cigarette As hour after hour passes He hasn't come home yet But he will and when he does Oh, naked on the bed she'll put a bullet in his gut She's dead inside A vacancy persists behind those eyes She laughs and smiles, she's coming back to life Ooh, that's right Tonight's the night It's for self defense She swears, and slips it underneath the mattress Lights another cigarette As hour after hour passes He hasn't come home yet But he will and when he does Oh, naked on the bed, she'll put a bullet in his gut It's four o-clock She hears his keys stumble 'round the lock She can smell His breath across the house, it reeks like hell ♪ Hello, 9-1-1? Tell us your emergency, my son She came at me vanishing a gun! I had to something, now it's done