Die Trying

My lungs are raw from screaming,
My eyes are black and blue,
My legs are on fire from all the running,
I've been trying to get away from you.

When we were just starting out,
You told me I was perfect every day,
But now you just try to bring me down,
Whenever you don't get your way.

I told myself it wouldn't happen,
I was strong, it wouldn't happen to me,
But it has, oh, it has, many times,
I don't know how I didn't see.

You told me if I left you'd kill me,
You'd hunt down my family, too,
I tried to warn them, I swear I did,
But they still don't believe me about you.

I'm running through an open field,
Away from the home where you broke me,
The wind is tearing at my skin,
I feel like it's trying to choke me.

I hear you getting closer now,
So I say my final prayer,
I will get away or die trying,
I will-