Welcome to TTT: Topics, Tunes, and Talk.  I'm your host, Dr BLT.  Today we're examining the topic of domestic violence through a new remix and a new PsychMusicVid. 

MRS JONES MRS JONES MRS J O N E S
words and music by Bruce L. Thiessen, Ph.D., aka Dr B L T © 2012
Remix/expanded arrangement by Sean Mouradian
Mrs Jones Mrs Jones Mrs Jones

Ready to play Triple T: TOPIC, TUNE AND TALK?  In this game, I provide and topics, and the tunes (in this case, with Sean, the remix master and Ariel Black, who helped Sean put this PsychMusicVid together), and you, the listener, provide the talk in the comments section of this post.

This original Dr BLTune speaks for itself, and the remix, by Sean Mouradian speaks volumes.  Now that you've been introduced to the topic---domestic violence, and psychological grip it can have on the victim (or survivor, depending on your perspective), and you've heard the new remix, it's time to talk. 

How do you think the cycle of domestic violence can be broken?  Think outside the box.  Do you have a new perspective on the subject.  Do you have something new to offer the thousands of women (and in more cases than one might expect, men) who are trapped in abusive relationships?  How about the perpetrators?  Do you feel the perps are content, or do they feel trapped to?  How do we open the trap door and let the violence out?  You tell me.  Here are the lyrics: 

Stumbles down the stairs to meet the day
hair is tangled up inside a braid
fists are clenched in bitter fits of rage
will she face the future
or is she destined
for an early grave

his car is parked outside her humble home
naked to the world, she stands alone
tries to make it numb by getting stoned
will she bear another beatin'
or will she telephone

mrs Jones, mrs Jones, mrs Jones
she's found a man
but she still remains alones
mrs Jones, mrs Jones, mrs Jones
sticks and stones
can break your bones
mrs jones, mrs Jones mrs Jones

well they tell me that you just can't feel a thing
and they tell me that you just can't feel his sting
well a picture paints a thousand words of pain
will you try to find a better life
or will you die in vain