Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
Against Me!
“Violence” may be another one of multiple songs on Former Clarity alluding to Laura Jane Grace’s feelings of gender dysphoria – or perhaps more particularly, feelings and anxieties that come with being transgender – several years before she came out publicly.
Although the violent and scared nature o...
[Intro]
Lock the door, to your room
Pray they don't find us, pray they don't kick it down
Oh you've been keeping secrets
And these kind of lies have consequences
So many possibilities for this to all end badly
It's almost guaranteed
Nothing but shame and paranoia
A slightly desperate feeling to calm you to sleep
[Chorus]
What could we have done to deserve the violence like this?
What could we have done to deserve the violence like this?
[Verse]
And we'll watch the light, coming under the door
Listen for footsteps coming down the hall
Are you gonna wake up screaming through a slit throat?
Young flesh searing on a twin mattress
But it doesn't have to be, the way things end
We don't have to give up just yet
[Outro]
What could we have done to deserve the violence like this?
What could we have done to deserve the violence like this?
Violence was produced by J. Robbins.
Against Me! released Violence on Tue Sep 06 2005.