Released: November 29, 1993

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Producer: Pet Shop Boys

[Verse 1]
The sons and brothers, fighting for another cause
Anything to give their lives some meaning
Busy with their guns and dreaming
Far away from here
Said they would act in self-defence

[Verse 2]
And all the others, running 'round so hot and bothered
Anything to give their lives some meaning
In the evening
Running around with guns and
Said they would act in self-defence
With violence

[Chorus]
Violence breeds violence
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Violence breeds violence
(Ooh yeah, violence breeds violence)
(Ooh yeah, breeds yeah, breeds yeah)
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah)

[Verse 3]
The son and brother, when he gets home
He gives someone some love
And mutters: "Woman, you'll never understand
I did what I said in self-defence
With violence"

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
Violence breeds violence
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Violence breeds violence
(Ooh yeah, ooh yeah)

[Outro]
(Ooh yeah, violence)
(Ooh yeah, violence breeds violence)

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.