Life and Limb Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PersonMan92 

Cover art for Life and Limb lyrics by Fugazi

I've always thought this song was about the violent nature of American culture.

I thought this too initially, but then i started to read the lyrics more carefully.

Now I think the song is about a movements that masquerade themselves as one thing, but really are centered around violence and just the desire to riot.

the line "hey - we want our violence doubled (no but really in a loving way)"

makes me think that in particular