Benatar, Pat - Hell Is For Children Lyrics






They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears
They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears
Forgive and forget, all the while
Love and pain become one and the same
In the eyes of a wounded child

Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh

It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing
They blacken your eyes, and then apologize
Be daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing
Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy
Tell grandma you fell off the swing

Because Hell, Hell is for children
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess
Hell, hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh
No, Hell is for children

Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children

Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children

Hell, Hell is for Hell
Hell is for Hell, Hell is for children

Hell is for children
Hell is for children





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  1. H.... G....

    simpson's got me here

  2. S.... Z....

    A drag queen named Bourdoir Lefleur performed this song in her act and it was amazing and I’ve loved this song ever since.

  3. S.... C....

    Best female rocker ever!

  4. O.... ....

    Sería escandalosamente polémico que alguien tocara esta canción en el Vaticano como forma de protesta por todos aquellos niños a los que sacerdotes les arrebataron la pureza con engaños basados en falsos designios divinos. Marcial Maciel, si es que lo hay, HELL IS FOR YOU! … y para todo aquel que haya corrompido el cuerpo de un inocente.

  5. l.... ....

    Even didn’t hit you it was still abuse even they didn’t touch you in a bad way it was still abuse. Emotional and verbal abuse is is still abuse!! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!!!

  6. b.... D....

    Rock chick

  7. r.... b....

    thanks Netflix..Mind Hunters ...

  8. L.... D....

    This is the song from 1 of the Treehouse of Horror specials.

  9. 0.... ....

    I don't want to relive that hell again...

  10. D.... ....

    God damn it, whyd' youtube had to delete the American Pop clip with this song? The animation was so cool, it featured the guy tossing around bags of drugs... God damn it! Can't have fun anymore!

  11. V.... H....

    Had no idea she did this song before the relentless aka Andy black love both versions.

  12. D.... 7....

    Just here because Mindhunter
    , perfect song

  13. J.... B....

    The worst part is being afraid to go to sleep. I'm 44 now and I still am afraid to sleep. This is my Hell. I only wish that no one else still feels afraid. And for the Man that made me this way I hope your Hell comes soon.

  14. S.... A....

    And I'm here because of the animated film American Pop! -1981

  15. M.... J....

    Not a bad Children of Bodom cover, Keep it up doll!

  16. W.... s....

    Bad ass tune!

  17. s.... ....

    I saw Pat Benatar in her Crimes of Passion tour in the early 80s. This song absolutely blew off the roof. Good memories.

  18. D.... N....

    I was that child, in one those ways. Early Korn did I hear?

  19. W.... H....

    For those who healed from sexual pyschical emotional abuse.

  20. N.... l....

    Hello from Mindhunter. Great song.

  21. K.... G....

    this scars are for life

  22. D.... ....

    I have to give Pat Benatar a lot of credit for having the courage to co-write this song and to perform it. The lyrics are perfect because she gets right to the psychological and physical point about the nightmare of child abuse.
    She doesn't skirt the horror of child abuse and the perpetrator's lies along with the enabler's complicity. This song inevitably brought the story of my life and the lives of my loved ones back to me.
    I remember most all of this, far too well. I am the firstborn and the firstborn son. I am sure this kept me from all the terrible things my "sperm donor" did to my Mother and my two younger brothers. As young as 5 years old, I stood up to him to spare my Mother and brothers as much pain as I possibly could. I could not save my Mother when she got her jaw broken by him but I did get in between them when he was trying to stab her to death. When I was too young to understand it all, my baby brother next to me in age had almost every bone in his body broken. I could do nothing to help him because of my age.

    By the time my second brother was born I knew all of them were in danger of horrible beatings or worse. That was when I literally began stand in between him and my brothers and Mother. For some reason he never tried to hurt me physically. His actions toward my loved ones caused me a great deal of guilt, (survivor's guilt) and emotional trauma, because I couldn't always stop him from hurting them.
    His mother (my paternal Grandmother) made all of it worse. First by enabling him, always siding with him then by doing nothing when she knew about everything and also repeatedly telling me for years how much my parents loved me and didn't love my brothers.
    Every mess my "sperm donor" got himself into, she came to his rescue and did so no matter the consequences to anyone else. Years later, he was evicted for starting a fight with the owner of the apartment he had rented for a long time.

    Our family home had 3 living spaces. She and my Grandfather lived downstairs, I lived in one of the upstairs apartments, and she let my sperm donor move into the other upstairs apartment right next to mine. She never considered how I felt about him living that close to me.

    I told her point-blank, she would live to regret letting him move in. I knew he was bad news. By this point, when I was around 25 years old, I did not want him to live anywhere near me much less next door to me. Within 2 weeks after he moved in, I moved out.
    As it turned out, I was right because within a few of years after moving out he murdered a woman in the hallway next to where I had previously been living. He had no remorse at all. I knew if he ever got out of prison, he would murder someone else and would likely continue to do so.

    When he died in prison, all I felt was relief. He could never hurt anyone else I loved again.

    Sadly, my Mother died 4 months before he did. She only lived a few blocks away from him because of my enabling Grandmother. So she never got to feel completely free of him. When my Mother died, I was devastated. Our relationship grew into one of mutual respect and very good friends, equals.

  23. a.... p....

    Thanks Shazam, mindhunter, this song

  24. A.... H....

    This song was in that Simpsons Halloween episode, the one when Bart and Lisa went to Hell :)

  25. W.... S....

    I remember this song when it came out. I was 6. I didn't know my life wasn't normal but did know it was hell. Was trying to find a national organization for adult survivors of abuse and support for community to report. Family doesn't. All I found was one, which had support for the abusers. That would be like RAINN having articles to support rapists. No interest to me but an organization that supports those who went through hell, hell yes. Anyone know of one? Thank you.

  26. T.... S....

    I heard this song years ago but ever payed attention to the lyrics. listening to it now just angered me and brought me down. I guess you’re a lucky person to look back on your life and say you had a great childhood. I’d like to forget mine...

  27. P.... ....

    Vesania!

  28. J.... L....

    Rock on L.I

  29. b.... ....

    Christ never watches

  30. b.... ....

    Colorado city king family

  31. b.... ....

    Mormon cities Mormon laws

  32. b.... ....

    Grand junction Colorado and the surrounding cities Mormon cities guilty child marriage look it ip

  33. B.... C....

    GREAT SONG ABOUT SOMETHING HORRIBLE, KUDOS TO HER FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO WRITE AND PERFORM THIS SONG

  34. R.... R....

    👀👀

  35. j.... f....

    i love your music

  36. M.... K....

    I remember when Pat Benatar was raked over the coals for this song by people who didn't bother to listen to the lyrics. Shame on them. And kudos to Pat Benatar.

  37. E.... C....

    It's too bad when two people have one requirement for themselves when it comes in contact with their children. The two people that are suppose to love and keep you safe abandon you. We were an interruption in my parent's world and every day we were reminded with rage and evil.

  38. �.... L....

    mindhunter hehhee

  39. S.... L....

    I remember the first time I heard this song. I was 15 and I sat there and cried. Hell is for children.

  40. T.... H....

    I miss female singers like this

  41. E.... Y....

    From Mindhunter :)

  42. L.... L....

    "I guess it must be about all of those boys."

  43. 8.... L....

    Mine ~WAZ <~> -
    N -> Iz :> {…...

  44. V.... T....

    Ok i got it. At 1st I thought this was about kids being so damn bad she was comparing them to hell. After all when i was a kid me and my brother were bad little shits. My pops yelled upstairs "Go to bed hell!"

  45. S.... F....

    Hell is for Hell

  46. T.... R....

    Poor children I'd kill any one hurting a defense less child. May God have mercy on your soul couse I won't bitch!

  47. J.... C....

    Child abuse sucks!!, Whether it be physical or mental. God Bless Children.

  48. A.... ....

    The Simpsons treehouse of horrors bought me here👹😈

  49. X.... Z....

    I'M HERE CAUSE...
    MY CHILDHOOD WAS A DIRTY PIECE OF 🚽📄 STUCK ON THE HEEL WHICH HAS BECOME MY LIFE,

  50. V.... P....

    im here because of American Pop the movie.

  51. B.... C....

    Who is here because they still live the abuse even though it is narcissistic now and not physical?

  52. V.... R....

    Mindhunter brought me here! Very fucking awesome song

  53. N.... B....

    HELL is right 37 year's later and I now face hell again with saver complex PTSD

  54. O.... J....

    WHY isn't Pat Benatar in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame????

  55. G.... S....

    Killer riffs!

  56. D.... P....

    Such a powerful song

  57. D.... P....

    Good song

  58. M.... M....

    Congrats on the Rock Hall nod lovely lady. ⚘❤⚘

  59. R.... ....

    Had this song on a record album back in the '80's never really understood it as a teenager until I grew up now, I think back and understand very well reddog's wife not him

  60. J.... M....

    Hell is a good place

  61. H.... Y....

    This song shreds! Definitely gonna add it to my karaoke playlist

  62. S.... a....

    I miss Mindhunter, season 3 please come soon 💔

  63. F.... T....

    Mindhunter it is for me...

  64. z.... ....

    i'm here from American satan

  65. l.... ....

    Where are the super woke non sis gendered, vegan warriors!

    Pat NEEDS to be fired!

  66. S.... M....

    If you have ever been to one of her concerts, she explains the origin of the song, and she said they will sing it at every concert until there is no more child abuse in the world.

  67. M.... S....

    I digg this !!

  68. J.... B....

    Remember when this came out. The voice for so many who weren't allowed to speak of things behind closed doors.

  69. D.... J....

    “ sir do you know what this song is about?”



    “ I’m guessing it’ must be about all those boys “

  70. J.... P....

    This was probably her best song.....but... shunned on radio because of name and subject

  71. C.... C....

    I never became a parent because I would not know how to be one.

  72. T.... R....

    It really sickens and angers me to see there really are "human beings" who do such atrocious acts to their innocent children. I'm glad Pat Benatar had the guts to take those evildoers to task for their sins.

  73. W.... C....

    Can become such a mess ROAR ROD

  74. A.... G....

    This is such a powerful song,l have always liked this song.
    What happened to all the female rockers?
    stevie Nicks, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Elton John?

  75. S.... M....

    Who could do that to children and then say they are civilized?

  76. D.... B....

    Me and my wife have become Mindhunter junkies ourselves. WHICH led us to the song too. pretty cool. My wife said my comment was gay I guess I should say I love Pat Benatar LOL

  77. J.... P....

    This song really gets me...I was raised by a very abusive mother, and still have ill knit broken bones to prove it. I've played this song over and over and over at times. It hurts but it's also a release to know that someone understood. I hear her scream as I wanted to then, but I knew the beating would get worse. Nobody came to my rescue then...but I survived. And crazily enough I learned to forgive it...after she died. It was how she was raised. It was accepted when I was a child. Thank heavens it isn't anymore. Talk about life long emotional scars :-(

  78. D.... C....

    American Pop brought me here.

  79. A.... M....

    I unliked it then re liked it I love it so much

  80. S.... C....

    Mindhunter

  81. S.... V....

    Kids need a tv show for the bullshit dumb ass adults push on them lmao probably will take a few real teachers to make

  82. M.... L....

    American Pop bought me here.

  83. b.... m....

    μαιντχαντερ ρε νιαμου

  84. T.... P....

    I wish Mindhunter would release a soundtrack. I have most of the songs on CD and/or digital, but I'd buy a Mindhunter soundtrack.

  85. N.... D....

    Vim por causa da série MindHunter :)

  86. N.... R....

    Here because of Wayne Williams.

    Thanks G

  87. A.... B....

    Super !

  88. M.... C....

    she never got the recognition or credit because she was a women preforming in a mans world and rock and roll was considered trash music. This was the same Hollywood scum that forced rap and non talent child molesters as the cool crowd

  89. D.... M....

    Best Of The badass bitch hacker is Hillary indeed. I have tried her and she is lit. Give it a remarkable experience
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  90. J.... C....

    haha...me too

  91. R.... L....

    Mindhunter , episode 8 !!!

  92. M.... E....

    The song title was the title she read in the abuse articles.
    It is stupid to think that she is condemning children in hell. She would show up as a cover-up.
    That misunderstanding is because of those who do not believe children when they talk about being abused, it is as if they blame them and say that by speaking stupidities they will be condemned, the perverse psychological game of rapists and cover-ups.
    The title should not have been that, it confused many people. I remember not paying attention to this song because I thought it was Satanic, since I am a Christian.
    Listen and then judge.

    I admire Patricia Benatar a lot, she was a spokeswoman for the rights of children and women with love is a battlefield and treat me right, and children especially with this song.

  93. R.... H....

    Wayne Bertram Williams.

  94. B.... ....

    Feeding the kids in the morning:
    "Children! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight WE DINE IN HELL!"

  95. B.... T....

    "I guess it must be about all those boys"

  96. N.... L....

    Mindhunter brings me here

  97. c.... e....

    Not one of my fav Pat Benatar songs