Olive branches

Listened to Jim Croce's words
The best of all his many songs
Talk of love/hate relationships
Ah, Life's truth is hard to take
His words touched my very soul
As I contemplate this; my life
"Your olive branches
Turn to spears
As your flowers
Turn to guns..."

You proffer olive branches
As you choose your words; I see
Each day I wonder; yes I wonder
What exactly; you will say
One day is sweetness; love
The next; anger wins the day
Yes; your olive branches 
Turn to spears...
I do not understand
fFom whence you come
I cannot believe
These awful words I hear...