Violence Lyrics

Violence is concession to human weakness

Like vengeance, it need cowardice to thrive

Violence is obsession with our own ignorance

Of infinite potential lost in death

Disobey the laws of the brute

Or continue to eat poisonous fruit

The lies of humankind

If we go on pulling long distant triggers

Like children, push/kill playground/battleground

Solidifying worldwide distrust and disdain

In a decade-long display of force, insane

We cannot just crush our way to peace

We are not the world's goddamn police

No logic in such loss

If one man fails, the whole world falls

And as the means, so too the end

Be ever wakeful, ever vigilant, or we'll kill ourselves

In the name of our beloved freedom

Mothers hold onto your children

And sing them a song

To drown out the bomb

Mothers lie to your children

Say father's coming home

Gunned down by a drone