This thesis is a lyric examination of child abuse which deals directly with the psychological issues that surface in abused children as they grow into adulthood. I'm trying to show that the harm done by abuse is often projected onto others later in life, especially onto the self as well as how violence cycles from one generation to the next. I am also trying to show that the circle of violence can be closed--there can be an end. Some of the psychological issues I have tried to illustrate in this thesis are gender construction and post-traumatic stress disorder.