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Mother of Violence Lyrics

Walking the street with her naked feet
So full of rhythm but I can,t find the beat
Snapping her heels, clicking her toes
Everybody knows, just where she goes

Ah fear,fear-she's the mother of violence
Making me tense to watch the way she breed
Fear, she's the mother of violence.

You know self defence is all you need
It's getting hard to breathe...
It's getting SO hard to believe...
To believe in anything at all.

Mouth all dry,eyes all bloodshot,data stored in microdot.
Kicking the cloud with my moccasin shoes
TV Dinner, TV News.

Ah- Ah 'cos Fear, Fear-she's the mother of violence.
Don't make any sense to watch the way she breed.
Fear, she's the mother of violence
Making me tense to watch the way she feed.

The only way you know she's there...
Is the subtle flavour in the air.
Getting hard to breathe...
Hard to believe in anything at all...

But FEAR.
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Cover art for Mother of Violence lyrics by Peter Gabriel

Fear of a spider?

Cover art for Mother of Violence lyrics by Peter Gabriel

from fear comes violence..

Cover art for Mother of Violence lyrics by Peter Gabriel

It took years for this song to grow on me, but it did. It is a very good example of Gabriels' song writing excellence.

 
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