The sons and brothers, fighting for another cause   Anything to give their lives some meaning   Busy with their guns and dreaming far away from here   Said they would act in self-defense      And all the others, running 'round so hot and bothered   Anything to give their lives some meaning   In the evening running around with guns   And said they would act in self-defense with violence      Violence, violence      Violence breeds, violence   Violence breeds      The son and brother when he gets home   He gives someone some love   And mutters, "Woman, you'll never understand   I did what I said in self-defense with violence"      Violence breeds, violence   Violence breeds, violence   Violence breeds, violence