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Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace

Whoa

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved

Concrete Angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved

Concrete Angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
Her name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place
Where she's loved
Concrete Angel

Types of Abuse

Physical

  • restraining you in any way
  • stopping you from leaving
  • holding or hugging you against your will
  • pointing a finger at you or poking you
  • choking, kicking, punching, slapping you
  • any unwanted physical contact

Sexual

  • threatening to harm your reputation
  • putting you down
  • getting back at you by refusing to have sex
  • treating you as a sex object
  • forcing you to look at pornography
  • lack of intimacy
  • being rough during sex
  • forcing certain positions
  • hounding you for sex
  • forcing you to have sex (rape)

Social

  • putting you down or ignoring you in public
  • not letting you see your friends
  • not being nice to your friends
  • making a scene in public
  • threatening to make a scene in public
  • change of personality with others
  • not taking responsibility for the children
  • turning children against you
  • choosing friends or family over you
  • telling bad things about you to family and friends

Emotional / Verbal / Psychological

  • intimidating you, making you fearful
  • playing "mind games"
  • not telling you what he is doing
  • ignoring you, silence
  • making verbal threats
  • name calling
  • yelling, raising his voice
  • being sarcastic or critical
  • degrading you or your family
  • laughing in your face
  • brainwashing
  • inappropriately expressing jealousy
  • lying
  • falsely accusing
  • walking away from you in a discussion
  • refusing to deal with issues
  • refusing to do things with you or for you
  • consistently getting his own way
  • accusing you of sleeping around
  • treating you as a child
  • finding and verbalizing your faults
  • criticizing your physical appearance
  • comparing you unfavourably with other women
  • having a double standard for you
  • telling women-hating jokes
  • dismissing issues that are important to you

Financial Abuse

  • withholding, diverting, embezzling, or controlling funds

Spiritual Abuse

  • Degrading one's beliefs
  • Withholding means to practice
  • Forcing adherence to a belief system
  • Using religion to justify his behaviour