Ditulis oleh dirinya sendiri, lagu ini menjadi trek keempat dalam album ketujuh miliknya, Flavors of Entanglement (2008).
Bergenre pop-rock, album tersebut sukses mendapat penghargaan Juno Award untuk kategori Pop Album of the Year.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Versions of Violence” dari Alanis Morissette.
[Intro]
Dm Bb/D Dm Bb/D
[Verse]
Dm Bb/D Dm
Coercing or leaving
Dm Bb/D Dm
Shutting down and punishing
Dm Bb/D Dm
Running from rooms, defending
Dm Bb/D Dm
Withholding, justifying
Dm
These versions of violence
Bb/D Dm
Sometimes subtle sometimes clear
Dm
And the ones that go unnoticed
Bb/D Dm
Still leave their Mark once disappeared
[Verse]
Dm Bb/D Dm
Diagnosing, analyzing
Dm Bb/D Dm
Unsolicited advice
Dm Bb/D Dm
Explaning and controlling,
Dm Bb/D Dm
Judging opining and meddling
[Chorus]
Dm
These versions of violence
Bb/D Dm
Sometimes subtle sometimes clear
Dm
And the ones that go unnoticed
Bb/D Dm
Still leave their Mark once disappeared
[Bridge]
Bbsus2
This labeling
Dm
This pointing
Bbsus2 Dm
This sensitive's unraveling
Bbsus2 Dm
This Sting I've been ignoring
Bbsus2 Dm
I feel it way down way down
[Chorus]
Dm
These versions of violence
Bb/D Dm
Sometimes subtle sometimes clear
Dm
And the ones that go unnoticed
Bb/D Dm
Still leave their Mark once disappeared
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