This is a song by the famous singer Tracy Chapman. Th
e song is called behind the walls the lyrics are placed below :

Last night I heard the screaming

Loud voices behind the wall

Another sleepless night for me

It won't do no good to call

The police

Always come late

If they come at all



Last night I heard the screaming

Loud voices behind the wall

Another sleepless night for me

It won't do no good to call

The police

Always come late

If they come at all



And when they arrive

They say they can't interfear

With domestic affairs

Between a man and his wife

And as they walk out the door

The tears well up in her eyes



Last night I heard the screaming

Then a silence that chilled my soul

Prayed that I was dreaming

When I saw the ambulance in the road



And the policeman said

"I'm here to keep the peace.

Will the crowd disperse?

I think we all could use some sleep."



Last night I heard the screaming

Loud voices behind the wall

Another sleepless night for me

It won't do no good to call

The police

Always come late

If they come at all

The song is about a women who is abused by her patner and at first tried seeking help from the police however they never come. She then goes on to say how she cannot confide in the police as they come to late or never come at all. Although Tracy Chapman did not recieve help from her abusive patner her story is now heard through her the song "behind the walls" and has helped and inspired many through out abusive times. I believe this song links in with out story "The Monster" as just like Tracy Chapman the only way Lilly finds to tell her tale of her abusive father is through her story she writes in class.