Eminem’s incan­des­cent lyrics about abuse from Love the Way You Lie:

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

I can’t tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there’s a steel knife
In my wind­pipe
I can’t breathe
But I still fight
While I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right
It’s like I’m in flight
High of a love
Drunk from the hate
It’s like I’m huff­ing paint
And I love it the more that I suf­fer
I suffi­cate
And right before im about to drown
She resus­ci­tates me
She fuck­ing hates me
And I love it
Wait
Where you going
I’m leav­ing you
No you ain’t
Come back
We’re run­ning right back
Here we go again
It’s so insane
Cause when it’s going good
It’s going great
I’m Super­man
With the wind in his bag
She’s Lois Lane
But when it’s bad
It’s awful
I feel so ashamed
I snap
Who’s that dude
I don’t even know his name
I laid hands on her
I’ll never stoop so low again
I guess I don’t know my own strength

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Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

You ever love some­body so much
You can barely breathe
When you’re with them
You meet
And nei­ther one of you
Even know what hit ‘em
Got that warm fuzzy feel­ing
Yeah them chills
Used to get ‘em
Now you’re get­ting fuck­ing sick
Of look­ing at ‘em
You swore you’ve never hit ‘em
Never do noth­ing to hurt ‘em
Now you’re in each other’s face
Spew­ing venom
And these words
When you spit ‘em
You push
Pull each other’s hair
Scratch, claw, bit ‘em
Throw ‘em down
Pin ‘em
So lost in the moments
When you’re in ‘em
It’s the rage that took over
It con­trols you both
So they say it’s best
To go your sep­a­rate ways
Guess that they don’t know ya
Cause today
That was yes­ter­day
Yes­ter­day is over
It’s a dif­fer­ent day
Sound like bro­ken records
Playin’ over
But you promised her
Next time you’ll show restraint
You don’t get another chance
Life is no Nin­tendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave
Out the win­dow
Guess that’s why they call it win­dow pane

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

Now I know we said things
Did things
That we didn’t mean
And we fall back
Into the same pat­terns
Same rou­tine
But your temper’s just as bad
As mine is
You’re the same as me
But when it comes to love
You’re just as blinded
Baby please come back
It wasn’t you
Baby it was me
Maybe our rela­tion­ship
Isn’t as crazy as it seems
Maybe that’s what hap­pens
When a tor­nado meets a vol­cano
All I know is
I love you too much
To walk away though
Come inside
Pick up your bags off the side­walk
Don’t you hear sin­cer­ity
In my voice when I talk
Told you this is my fault
Look me in the eye­ball
Next time I’m pissed
I’ll aim my fist
At the dry wall
Next time
There will be no next time
I apol­o­gize
Even though I know it’s lies
I’m tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I’m a liar
If she ever tries to fuck­ing leave again
I’mma tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that’s alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that’s alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

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