Versions of Violence

Coercing or leaving
 Shutting down and punishing
 Running from rooms, defending
 Withholding, justifying
 These versions of violence
 Sometimes subtle, sometimes clear
 And the ones that go unnoticed
 Still leave their mark once disappeared
 Diagnosing, analyzing
 Unsolicited advice
 Explaining and controlling
 Judging, opining and meddling
 These versions of violence
 Sometimes subtle, sometimes clear
 And the ones that go unnoticed
 Still leave their mark once disappeared
 This labeling, this pointing
 This sensitive's unraveling
 This sting I've been ignoring
 I feel it way down, way down
 These versions of violence
 Sometimes subtle, sometimes clear
 And the ones that go unnoticed
 Still leave their mark once disappeared
 These versions of violence
 Sometimes subtle, sometimes clear
 And the ones that go unnoticed
 Still leave their mark once disappeared