This song is about fear, the "mother of violence." Peter Gabriel wrote it after sitting in front of his television trapped in a negative state of mind.
This began as a Christmas carol Gabriel wrote with Jill, his wife at the time. She's credited as a songwriter on the track along with Peter.
A track from Gabriel's second solo album, "Mother Of Violence" has a spare arrangement, with acoustic and steel guitar by Sidney McGinnis and keyboards by Roy Bittan, known for his work in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. There are also some sound effects as we hear the buzzing of insects.
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