'Tone' Down the Violence with Music!

Hi All! I hope you had a great Veteran's Day. To make up for my lack of posts this week, I'm going to post a bunch of links to music videos! I know that domestic abuse is a very difficult topic to discuss and read about so much...trust me, I know! But to mix up the readings a bit, I thought I would post some videos for your pleasure. Some of them will be very sad, and others may be inspiring. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nKOzk8qbw&ob=av3e
New song by Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussy Cat Dolls entitled "Don't Hold Your Breath" about how she's confidently leaving an abusive relationship;
'You can't touch me now, There's no fear in me left
If you think I'm comin back, Don't hold your breath
What you did to me, boy I can't forget
So if you think I'm comin back, Don't hold your breath'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U&ob=av3e
Rihanna and Eminem's famous duo "Love The Way You Lie" about an abusive boyfriend.
'I snap, 'who's that dude?' I don't even know his name
I laid hands on her, I never stoop so low again
I guess I don't know my own strength'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocCPDxKq1o&ob=av3e
Pink's "Please Don't Leave Me" is a song about an abusive girlfriend.
'How did I become so obnoxious? What is it about you that makes me act like this?
..You're my perfect little punching bag, I need you, I'm sorry...
I could cut you into pieces...'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNYA4pAGjI&ob=av3e
Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel" is about a young girl who is abused by her mother and eventually killed by her.
'She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearin the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ux6SlOE9Qk&ob=av2e
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' "Face Down" about a girl who is abused by her boyfriend.
'Cover up with makeup in the mirror
Tell yourself it's never gonna happen again
You cry alone and then he swears he loves you
Dou feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I
The famous "I Will Survive" !!! This song is inspirational to show that survivors are incredible people and have survived abuse in whatever form they received.
'It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
Kept trying to mend the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry but now I hold my head up high'

I hope you all enjoyed these videos. I know that most of them were very depressing, but I hope you found them inspiring and educational. Abuse happens everywhere to anyone. We need to do our part to stop it!

Have a wonderful weekend! Never forget: do your part and stop the hurt. :)