[ti:i choose violence] [ar:Jax] [al:Dear Joe,] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.18]i choose violence - Jax [00:00.89]Lyrics by:Jacqueline Miskanic/Mark Nilan Jr./Jesse Siebenberg [00:02.51]Produced by:Mark Nilan Jr./Jesse Siebenberg [00:03.70]You told me I was 18 going on 35 [00:07.11]You made me feel like the smartest human alive [00:10.89]I thought I was clever but were you clever-er [00:17.35]You said you never fell in love like you did with me [00:20.69]You paid for all the hotels [00:22.38]I paid for fake ID's [00:24.08]To spend the last 10 years [00:25.70]Tryna piece it together [00:29.13]I went to therapy [00:31.60]Religiously [00:33.36]I never sleep [00:34.90]I made my brother promise me he'd let you live [00:42.72]And I guess I could forgive [00:46.21]But I choose violencе [00:49.84]I choose war [00:52.88]For all the little girls [00:56.28]That should be warned [00:59.55]I could choose silence [01:02.99]But what for [01:06.13]You took my innocence [01:09.55]Now I'll take yours [01:12.80]So I choose violence [01:19.47]And I might die trying [01:27.86]Now you're prolly her world [01:29.42]And she won't understand [01:31.10]That all you need is a girl [01:33.14]To feel like a man [01:34.47]Tell your friends she's a friend [01:36.12]At your hometown dive [01:40.24]But when you were 13 [01:42.28]She wasn't alive [01:43.53]And by the time you were 18 [01:45.64]Well that girl was 5 [01:46.84]You had a teaching degree [01:48.33]While she was learning how to drive [01:52.89]And you'll make her feel safe [01:56.23]Like you made me feel safe [01:59.41]Like oh my god you're so mature for your age [02:06.52]Except she's not your age [02:09.61]So I choose violence [02:13.47]I choose war [02:16.38]For all the little girls [02:19.85]That should be warned [02:23.22]I could choose silence [02:26.79]But what for [02:29.69]You took my innocence [02:33.12]Now I'll take yours [02:36.37]And you'll choose hiding [02:39.84]At 44 [02:43.40]In your mothers house [02:46.43]And she'll guard the door [02:49.64]But I'll choose anger [02:53.47]I'll choose rage [02:56.35]When I build an army [02:59.01]Of girls half your age [03:03.00]We'll all choose violence [03:06.44]We'll all choose war [03:09.75]And every little girl [03:13.24]Will be warned [03:16.54]We won't choose silence [03:19.87]Not anymore [03:23.08]You took our innocence [03:26.51]Now we'll take yours [03:29.77]So I choose violence [03:36.13]And I maybe I'll die trying