{isolated clean chorus guitar riff,
single-note dry bassline, tight room drums,
118 BPM,
key of B minor}
Father cracks the ice again
Mother looks the other way
Children learn the rules of pain
By the end of every day
{melancholic spoken-sung baritone
vocals} Barbarism begins at home
In the rooms where you are grown (ahh-ha) Where the hardest seeds
are sown
{soaring expressive vocal, jangly chorused guitar layers}
Unspoken threats across the floor
Lock the key and bolt the door
Polite society out there
But shadows creep up on the stair
{rhythmic
clean guitar scratches,
tense vocal}
Barbarism begins at home
In the rooms where you are grown (ahh-ha) Where the hardest seeds
are sown
{soaring lead vocal, full band energetic chorus feel}
Oh,
who is to blame?
When the heritage is shame (shame) {swirling chorus guitar arpeggios,
building bass intensity}
Begins at home... (yeah) Begins at home...
{isolated clean guitar riff repeating,
gradual
fadeout of drums and bass}