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Violet's Tale

Release date: 28th July 2022

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Ren's 'Violet's Tale' is a narrative song set in London in 2005, following a woman through cycles of abuse across two generations. The track opens with a woman in hospital, fighting to survive, before rewinding to trace how she arrived there. Violet grows up in violence, moves out at sixteen into a council flat, and meets a man who repeats the patterns of her childhood, trapping her in a relationship defined by physical and emotional harm. The song documents abuse with unflinching specificity: the escalation from charm to control, the isolation, the violence that follows refusal or silence. Ren uses repetition and direct address to convey both the abuser's aggression and Violet's withdrawal, her silence becoming both survival mechanism and a void he demands she fill. The track refuses to look away from the mechanics of domestic violence, naming it plainly across its verses and bridge, building toward a moment of crisis that the opening already announced.

"Violet's Tale" is a track by Ren, from the album Violet’s Tale, released 28th July 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

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Violet's Tale

[Intro]

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]

London city, far from pretty, 2-0-0-5

A lady down in Paddington is fighting just to stay alive

Rhythmic beeps and bloodstained sheets, our lady weeps, she's tired and frail

To set the scene, we must rewind the hands of time for Violet's tale

[Verse 2]

Violet was a silent girl, grew up with violent starts

Her mother was a drinker and her father was a bastard

Every night he'd tuck her tight but never left the room

I'll spare you of the things he did, I'm sure her mother knew

Violet was a silent girl, she moved out at sixteen

A sеmi-detached council flat paid for by a welfarе scheme

Packing shelves at Tesco, stacking jars like pickled bricks

She met a boy named Stevie and he was a little prick

Violet was a silent girl and Violet, she fell fast

See Stevie was a wrong'un but he sure knew how to charm her

Every night he'd tuck her tight but never left the room

History repeats itself, he'd paint her black and blue and— Ah

She never stood a chance, the devil comes to dance

[Bridge]

"Violet, why you always so quiet?" *knock, knock, knock*

On her bedroom door and he's irate

He's been drinking and smoking, he's up late

And he stands by her bedside, she shakes

But her eyes stay shut

"You fucking slut, I know you're up!"

And he pinches her eyelids and folds them up

"Violet? why you lying to me, Violet?"

She stays silent, things turn violent

That's the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot

[Verse 3]

Hit like hailstones, one to the collarbone, full force, full-blown

Blood splat, bone crack, knick-knack paddy whack, one to the jaw and a tooth spat detached

Fist connects and disconnects a bone

A quick deflect to misdirect the blow

But none the less, his punches met her throat

Such a mess, he's left her bruised and broke

"Violet? why you always so silent, Violet?

Why you such a little liar, Violet?

Do you think I want to do this, Violet?"

In character, she stays silent

"Well, say something Violet!", silence

"Fucking say something Violet!", silence

"Wait, say something Violet"

Not one word, she stays quiet

[Verse 4]

London city, far from pretty, 2-0-0-5

A lady down in Paddington is fighting just to stay alive

The doctor in a state of shock saw something here so very wrong

See Violet, she was pregnant, poor Violet, she was nine months gone

Turning to the doctor, Violet broke her silence and she cried

"If I'm to die right here tonight, please let my baby stay alive"

The doctor soon regained composure, called the surgeon to come in

As Violet's world turned to black, the curtains closed, the lights went dim

[Outro]

In London city, far from pretty, 2-0-0-5

A lady down in Paddington just lost the fight to stay alive

A tragedy or a miracle, it happened on these very streets

Two twins are lying side by side

A girl named Jenny and a boy named Screech

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