Distracted

[Verse 1] She fell down the stairs and opened her eyes He's over the edge this time He's all wound up from the nightmares They make him loose his mind She's distracted, lost the sense of the urgency tonight Lost sense of the urgency tonight [Verse 2] For a couple of years she covered her eyes And she'd give him hell sometimes The makeup covered the bruises, but somehow made her blind She got distracted, lost the sense of the urgency in life Lost sense of the urgency in life Can she save herself, save her from the nightmare Save her from the nightmare he's become [Verse 3] She looks up the stairs, slips out the door The floor creaks so loud at night The keys fumbling in the ignition This ride could turn the tide While he's distracted she finds the urgent need to survive She finds the urgent need to survive Can she save herself, save her from the nightmare Save her from the nightmare he's become [Verse 3] She's been hanging round on this side of town missing opportunities She wants to brace herself just enough to sing a little louder every day, yeah A little louder every day She runs up our stairs, it floods her eyes She's smiling for real this time [Verse 4] No makeup to cover the bruises, no more running through life blind She just got distracted, but she's finding the will and the strength to survive She's finding the will and the strength to survive And it saves her from, saves her from the nightmare Saves her from the nightmare he's become She's holding here, she's tired of pretending Tired of just waiting for it to end