If You Choose Violence

Psychotic mind virus has taken too many

Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers falling victim to duplicity

And it seems there's no way to fill the space between

Lines are drawn, the side you're on

Chose to make a monster out of me

What you believe won't determine how I choose to be

Still I'm in the crosshairs of chaos incited

I'll stand my ground if you choose violence

Only you'd concede that the ends would justify the means

Backed into a corner, pressured into silence

I chose the truth while you choose violence

Self-righteous sanctimony seems like the only constant

Every finger's on the trigger waiting for the point where all hell's breaking loose

Seems that those who know the truth are looking downward

At the pawns, and all the drawn conclusions

Leading us to nowhere

What you believe won't determine how I choose to be

Still I'm in the crosshairs of chaos incited

I'll stand my ground if you choose violence

Only you'd concede that the ends would justify the means

Backed into a corner, pressured into silence

I chose the truth while you choose violence

Living life complacent

Made you hasten your demise

So unwise, to devise

Plans to make yourself a martyr

Desperate for a cause

Waging wars when you can't pay the costs

You will find out as you're running your mouth

Testing my patience again

What you believe won't determine how I choose to be

Still I'm in the crosshairs of chaos incited

I'll stand my ground if you choose violence

Only you'd concede that the ends would justify the means

Backed into a corner, pressured into silence

I chose the truth while you choose violence