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SIDE EFFECTS
I was a girl, you were “the man”
I was too young to understand
I was na?ve
I just believed
Everything that you told me
Said you were strong, protecting me
Then I found out that you were weak
Keeping me there under your thumb
’Cause you were scared that I’d become muchMore than you could handle
Shining like a chandelier
That decorated every room
Inside the private hell we built
And I dealt with it
Like a kid I wished I could fly away
But instead I kept my tears inside
Because I knew if I started I’d keep crying for the rest of my life with youI finally built up the strength to walk away, don’t regret it but I still live with the side effects—“Side Effects”
When Tommy suggested we go to couples therapy, I was surprised. Unsurprisingly, hetold me it would have to be with his therapist, who he had been seeing for years.
Nevertheless, this was a monumental step for both of us. Our careers, and consequentlyour marriage, were constantly in the public spotlight2. But no one had ever been allowedinto the dark interior of our relationship. I’d never had anyone to confide3 in about how Iwas living—or not living. I had carried the burden of believing that because I was able towrite, sing, and produce my songs, become famous, and gain access to unimaginablewealth, I didn’t deserve personal happiness too. I truly believed everything good in my lifewould cost me, and that Tommy’s control was the price for my success.
Honestly I was really only trying to gain five minutes of peace—the opportunity to beable to walk down the stairs into my own kitchen to grab a bite to eat without the hiss4 ofthe intercom and his menacing “What ya doin’?” buzzing out of it. Also, I didn’t trustanyone—by then I was estranged5 from my immediate6 family, and everyone around mewas connected to Tommy and scared of him. I knew that anything I said would get back tohim, and I would suffer his constant rage.
I had started to develop hives-like breakouts. I went to see the
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killing
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guardian
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