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War Music
Violent Reaction

TRACK

Violent Reaction

Release date: 17th October 2019

From War Music

Track 2

4:03

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About This Track

'Violent Reaction' by Refused is a rock track from the album 'War Music', released in 2019. The lyrics frame a hostile, defiant response, with the singer insisting, “I'm a violent reaction”. They accuse a partner of being seduced and deceived, likening the other side to a charlatan and pushing back against exploitation. There is a strong sense of disgust and refusal, capped with the idea that the singer could never truly be what is being offered.

"Violent Reaction" is a track by Refused, from the album War Music, released 17th October 2019. The track is 4:03 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Refused.

About the Artist

Refused

Refused

Lyrics

Violent Reaction

I'm a violent reaction
I'm a violent reaction to you
I'm a violent reaction
I'm a violent reaction to you

Seduced by the charm
In a charlatan's arms
If you don't know the mark
You were it from the start
Their profit, their yield
So repulsive to me
I could not ever be
Just a pawn in the scheme

Serpent saviour
Dealer of regret
Venomous betrayer
Peddler of debt

Identify with all counterfeit needs
A spectacle so perverted by greed
We can't but must be non-conformist sheep
Level it all
Level it all

As the sun it descends
Over mice and on men
This tyranny feels
Like the safest of deals
A prison to me
You can't ever leave
Complete sacrifice
Where nothing's for free
Tethered by the thought
This is all that we need

(Level it all)
(Level it all) Destroy
(Level it all)
(Level it all) Restore
(Level it all) Destroy
(Level it all) Restore
(Level it all) Destruction
(Level it all) Restructure

We dragged the stones
We broke our bones
We fought the wars
We fed the farce
We're a violent reaction
We're a violent reaction to you
We're a violent reaction
We're a violent reaction

Serpent saviour
Dealer of regret
Venomous betrayer
Peddler of debt

(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)
(Level it all)

Always locked on target
Since the day my fire was lit
I am a violent reaction
To a world that's gone to shit
I am a violent reaction to you
I am a violent reaction to you

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Track details

From War Music

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Album

18th October 2019

Track number

2

Release year

2019

1Rev001
3:10
2Violent Reaction
4:03
3I Wanna Watch the World Burn
3:30
4Blood Red
3:39

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Writer: David Sandström, Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, Magnus Flagge
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