Key: G# minor
Verse 1
No fancy title.
D
Em
I have observed over the years
that whenever I read it,
and being pushed down a
D
E
flight of cement steps,
D
Bm
Em
bleed in side.
C#m
E
and being run over by a truck,
except that afterward men
ask if you enjoyed it.
There is no difference
between being raped
and being bit on the ankle by a rattlesnake,
except that people ask if your skirt was short
Em
D
and why were you out alone anyhow.
between being raped
and going headfirst through a windshield,
Em
E
except that afterwards you are afraid,
not of cars,
D
E
boyfriend's brother.
Rape fattens on the fantasies of
the normal male
like a maggot in garbage.
Fear of rape is a cold wind
blowing all of the time
on a woman's hunched back.
Never to stroll alone a sand
road through pine woods.
Em
C
E
when I see a man climbing toward me.
D
A
D
Never to open the door to a knock
The fear of the dark side of hedges,
E
Em
The fear of the smiling man
D
Em
C
The fear of the serious man
C#m
E
in whose fist is locked hatred.
All it takes to cast a rapist
is seeing your body as jackhammer,
E
D
All it takes is heating that body,
Em
D
your own, yourself,
your muscle that softens the flab.
E
E
All it takes is to push what you hate,
what you fear,
onto the soft alien flesh,
Em
D
to bucket out invincible
Em
as a tank armored with treads without senses,
to possess and punish in one act,
to rip up pleasure,
D
to murder those who dare live in the leafy flesh,
open to love.
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