Violence Breeds Violence

Violence breeds violence
And that's all I'll ever be
Born in a pit
I was never meant to leave
There's a chosen line
Bred in me to take
Spend a lifetime running
Just to end up on the stake

I know what I'm made for

It lies beneath my chest
Feel it carved in my bones
See the writing in the flesh

It deals in absolutes
But I always had a say
See the shame in the eyes
Watch it run from the pain

It has to be this way
It has to be this way
It has to be this way
It has to be this way
It has to be this way
It has to be this way

What I get is never what I want
The hum in the background
Only seems to taunt
It's getting to be too much to take
I could beg and beg
But I'll never have a say

Pain breeds pain
And that's all I seem to be
Born in a path
I was never meant to see

It has to be this way
Every choice no chance
I've walked the razors edge
And now I'll fall fast

Violence breeds violence
And that's all I'm meant to be
Born in a pit
I never want to leave

I chose what I'm made for
It lies beneath my chest
I carved it in my bones
Feel the writing in the flesh

I'll drift below
Nothing will ever bring me back
The parts of me I trust
Weren't made to last