Anti Violence ProjectTenzin Loden

Mrs. Settembrino

English 10 CP

Oct 19 2012

Well she seemed all right by dawn's early lightThough she looked a little worried and weak.She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' againBut daddy'd left the proof on her cheek.And I was only eight years old that summerAnd I always seemed to be in the waySo I took myself down to the fair in townOn Independence Day.

Well,word gets around in a small,small townThey said he was a dangerous manBut mama was proud and she stood her groundBut she knew she was on the losin' end.Some folks whispered and some folks talkedBut everybody looked the other wayAnd when time ran out there was no one about On Independence Day.

Well,she lit up the sky that fourth of JulyBy the time that the firemen comeThey just put out the flames And took down some namesAnd send me to the county home.Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrongBut maybe it's the only way.Talk about your revolutionIt's Independence Day.

Roll the stone awayIt's Independence Day.

Independence Day

In the song independence day, a little girl was watching her mom getting abused by her dad, and she couldn't watch, and felt she was always in the way, so she went the fair on the Fourth of July. People were saying the dad was a bad person -dangerous- but her mom stood strong against the criticism. Until that Fourth of July when her mom couldn't bear it and set fire to the house with herself in it. The little girl got sent to an orphanage. That end part where she sings: "Now I ain’t say in’ it’s right or it’s wrong but maybe it’s the only way,” shows that she wasn't denying or accepting that what her mom did was wrong, because it’s the may be the only way to end the abuse between their families.