Random Violence

Will they burn you in a furnace?
Will they put you in a box?
Down in the ground where the silence grows

And your friends will tell their stories
About a man who spent his life
Sending songs out into the world
Tall ships in the wind

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Venus in furs
Down the dirty stairs
Fake blood on your face
Burning in your nose

Jive baby on a Sunday night
Everybody do the jerk
Another girl, another planet
Won't you be my ladybug?

You gave me something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in

Will my memory grow or fade?
Will the loops just endlessly play?
Hung up on the nights we spent with you

When you weren't there watching trees
Johnnie played 'The Power of Love'
People fell to their knees
We hoped and prayed

You gave me something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in

All I see is random violence
All I need are acts of kindness
All I see are cheats and liars
All I need are actors of kindness

I've watched other dreams be demoted
To the closing credits
But in this empty space people congregate
In their minds
For all of time

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

You gave me something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in
Something to believe in

All I see is random violence
All I need are acts of kindness (something to believe in)
All I see are cheats and liars
All I need are actors of kindness (something to believe in)

All I see is random violence
All I need are acts of kindness (didn't know that you'd be leaving)
All I see are cheats and liars
All I need are actors of kindness (didn't know that you'd be leaving)