The song “Independence Day” by Martina McBride represents the silence of domestic abuse of women. It was fourth of July and the town was going to celebrate. This was the day she was going to declare her freedom as well. The silence was no more. The woman in the song had suffered from the violence of her husband and the whispers behind her back. The video Sin by Silence told about how women were trapped, with no way out except to end someone’s life. The tragedy of domestic violence is people suffer from so long before they know they have help. Children are in the middle of the violence and may be abused as well. In the song, the child tells the story as if this was the best day of her and her mom’s life. They were getting independence from
