If I was the king of all the rotten
stealing filth from those forgetten
would you be my queen of a desperate land?
Do you give a damn?
What if I had to scold you?
listen once tried and true
What if I had to trade you for another man?
Do you think I can?
I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
What if you were torn in two?
What if I wanted to be like you?
What if I were high, like an aeroplane?
Would you look at me the same?
I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
If we walked side by side
would you stab my back and kill my pride?
would you fall ahead, or would you move behind?
tell me words unkind?
Now if I was the king of all the rotten
stealing filth from those forgotten
would you be my queen of this desperate land?
Do you think I give a damn?
I won't call on the angels no
beating on the line as I turn to amputate
I'm bleeding on you
Saw the news today, some DC suit trying to break away, said he lost another million
Just another old man trying to pass the book with his dirty hand, good think he knows his bible
Stick his ass in Hell
even better in this tiny cell
make him understand the meaning
of these words they try to preach
just to keep them out of the nation's reach
I guess it's all for the better
Take it all away, take me
won't you take me far away?
Hey hey hey what's that game you play?
will it make me richer?
cause I do not have a dime
and I hate to waste your time
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long
way too long
Well I was barely 21, laying in a ditch with a lonely gun, so I gave my heart away
but I got it back today in a velvet box stamped USA, now all the neighbors call me hero, hero
gonna lose my mind
so I buckled down and did some crime
but it wasn't when they taught me
hit the road in high persuit
now I'm on the run just like the suit
didn't know it was this easy
Take it all away, take me
won't you take me far away?
Hey hey hey what's that game you play?
will it make me a poor man?
cause I an extra dime
but I lose it eveytime
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long
Take it all away, take me
won't you take me far away?
Hey hey hey what's that game you play?
will it make me richer?
cause I do not have a dime
and I hate to waste your time
maybe I'm wrong but I think this whip is too long
way too long
no more, no more
see I can't seem to find the time to crawl across the line
but I can't stay here
no more, no more
see I can't seem to find the time to crawl across the line
but I can't stay here til I die
When I was young some fool told me
live and learn but nothing comes for free
so I did what I could when I was able
to keep the truth away from our table
Young blood creepin, what you need?
Wiseblood shake him down to his knees
guaranteed
Well I never walked I just learned to fly
and your Heaven or high was the way I stayed alive
I've seen them devils pound our bible
you saints and sinners are both my rival
Young blood creepin, what you need?
Wiseblood shake him down to his knees
aim to please
Well there's blood on the street but there's nothin to steal from me
cause I walk alone but at least I walk for free
I listen to few and I'm fueled by fire
guess now I'm old and now much wiser
Young blood creepin, what you need?
Wiseblood shake him down to his knees
guaranteed
Past regrets and future fear turns a boy into a man sooner than planned
all the same the boy remains, even though he is free he can't fly with these heavy chains
saw your mother yesterday and she had these words to say, like a judgment day
I think he should've known better
I think he should've known better
I think he should've known
I'd rather have holes in my eyes
I'd rather have holes in my eyes yeah
than to watch your soul paralyzed
Goodbye
your shining son no longer glows
goodbye window
through the goodbye window
Thirsty from the start, very soon you learn the part of the redeemer, oh what a dreamer
so you're waiting on the call, pretty soon you know it all, holy mountains fall
and he says.... one might make you lazy, two might make you crawl
three might make you crazy, and four ends it all
I'd rather have holes in my eyes
I'd rather have holes in my eyes yeah
than to watch your soul paralyzed
Goodbye
your shining son no longer glows
goodbye window
through the goodbye
through the goodbye
through the goodbye window
through the goodbye
shining son no longer glows
through the goodbye window
shining son no longer glows
goodbye
shining son no longer glows
should've known better
When you live your life uptight, untrusted
and they're blind from grind but only you can see
when those bones that you own have long been dusted
you realize you're not who you're supposed to be
I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is hazy hazy hazy
so I'm born again for the last time
for the last time
When your life was lived fully cocked and loaded
but your soul was empty through and through
it makes you realize maybe you sold it
for the dream of a lifetime or maybe two... yeah you
I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is hazy hazy hazy
so I'm born again for the last time
Born again
Born again
Born again
Born again
one last stand for this dying man, comfort, disgrace to the first rate
can we get another round of sympathy
think it's too late he was never forward or straight
just like the one watching over me
Dizzy with greed now you've got everything you need
as you cling to the one who stands second to none
walls start to fall at the thought of it all
poorer by day than I was at the dawn
I'm gone, take me
I've been told things get better
Isolation grind
My life is hazy hazy hazy
so I'm born again
for the last time
for the last time
for the last time
for the last time
for the...
There's a question mark in the place of a spark that used to be an answer
aiming straight for the heart, it missed it's mark and the arrow turned to cancer
now get so high that you still can't fly
and you wonder if you're really where you want to be
cause the sun don't rise when you close your eyes
so you're sinking low, I thought that you would like to know
like me, you're drowning in a daydream
There's a man who watches over me
there's a man where I used to be
Mr. Tambourine Man play one more song for me
cause I got to leave, I lost what I believed
There's a snake up in the trees, only hearing what he sees
but the years go by and you don't know why did you take it all for granted
now you get so low that you can't say no
and you wonder if you're really where you want to be
cause the tide does rise and it's no surprise
that it washes you away, and now you're far from home
like me, you're drowning in daydream
There's a man who watches over me
there's a man where I used to be
Mr. Tambourine Man play one more song for me
cause I got to leave, I lost what I believed
There's a man who watches over me
there's a man where I used to be
Mr. Tambourine Man play one more song for me
cause I got to leave, I lost what I believed
Daddy's gonna miss you when you're gone
Heavy's gonna kick you when you're wrong
Daddy's gonna miss you when you're gone
You get the blues and it makes you wonder
Heavy's gonna kick you when you're wrong
You get the blues and it makes you wonder
Invalid at last, smothers the working class
nihilist to be turns the scrape into a gash
walking tall and ignorant
this man is now a militant
deceiving the prophet's confession
to release this endless aggression
One is the soul, amplified, suicide
keep the masses terrified
nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing left I said
cause the snake has no head
The body fills with greed
and we spill it it when in need
and all the slaves are on probation
growing fat in a comfortable nation
so the snake keeps on recruiting
we need one more royal shooting
nothing left to lose
so we create another wound
One is the soul, amplified, suicide
keep the masses terrified
nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing left I said
cause the snake has no head
Fear of death is again consuming the weak in shame
it's a power we can't see but it leaves ourselves to blame
shameless mourn another day
slithering sins fade away
but the snake is just a pawn
and it remains when we are... gone
One is the soul, amplified, suicide
keep the masses terrified
nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing to kill, nothing left I said
cause the snake has no head
breakneck rat race world, does it taste just like it should?
you only own what's etched in stone, you better get it while the gettin's good
don't weep big city sheep, I'm just trapped in your hemisphere
you tell me what I should know and I can tell you what you want to hear
Say tunnel vision, there is no purpose served
staying aboard this runaway wreck while you're losing it in the curve
right there's the door
right there's the door
Don't knock, little can't rock, he's the one huffing gasoline
been keeping time with a cloudy mind since they hit him with a limosine
still the little ones eat off the cold concrete and the bleeding hearts don't care
you tell me where I can go and I bet you that I'll see you there
Say tunnel vision, there is no purpose served
staying aboard this runaway wreck while you're losing it in the curve
right there's the door
Don't deny, purify said the man on the golden throne
guilty times have made you lie and you realize you're all alone
now you're throwing stones at some old bag of bones and you can't even knock him down
one last thing that you should know and I can tell you without a sound
right there's the door
right there's the door
right there's the door
right there's the door
right there's the door
Far from reach
how the serpents preach
life is a sin when the shephards are breeding
in the quiet place
force your mind to erase
as the people pray for the distant drummer
these are primitive times
these are primitive
these are primitive times
No care, no less divine, surpass be it man or...
Ashes cover the man
which the decades demand
and paves the way for the sick and the dying
the devil hides his tail
behind the virgin's veil
so the dead can dance to a distant drummer
these are primitive times
these are primitive
these are primitive times
No care, no less divine, surpass be it man or...
Ashes fall like rain
as the blind go insane
the shephards fall to the feet of their martyr
baptize with gasoline
holy flame, unholy scene
as the ashes rise to the distant drummer
these are primitive times
these are primitive
these are primitive times
No care, no less divine, surpass be it man or ash
Not man or ash
Not man or
Not man or ash
Not man or ash
Not man or ash
Not man or
Lost in a dream high and wide
whatever price to keep it by your side
the steps to the top are very steep
king of the hill when all are fast asleep
But I'm stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
what a pity... redemption city
Broken hearts toast another round
and drink to the lost, there's not a soul to be found
lonely boy says come what may
I hate to see it always end this way
But I'm stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
what a pity... redemption city
Simple words remind me
Cluttered room, it haunts me
come back yesterday
The soul is tired and you wantsto go home
and close the curtain on everything you've known
but the curtain is high, wide and long
and kills the dream so we sing this simple song
Stuck in between
and I know you know what I mean
what a pity... redemption city
what a pity...
Torn from within, disciples til the end
wasting time is how it's always been
kiss the floor, steal the key, lock the door
there's many ways to decline
bonafide, crucified in your prime
you left behind...
Twilight explodes
in my time of the blind
you can't postpone
some tomorrow
Just one more wishbone
Broken days pumping through your veins
shattered thoughts, reflection always stays
losing sight, losing sight without a fight that once was a war
now you got a thousand scars and nothing to show them for
Twilight explodes
in my time of the blind
you can't postpone
some tomorrow
Just one more wishbone
In between surrender sight unseen
split the seam when no one intervenes
feel the kick from the heartless heretic that once made you shine
now you're grounded down for the last time, shut your eyes to the crime
Twilight explodes
in my time of the blind
you can't postpone
some tomorrow
Just one more wishbone
Just one more wishbone
One more
One more wishbone
Just one more wishbone
Here we stand before the call accused of fire
it's too cold and you're too old, for me it's time for me to expire
Serve to see of what could be
burn the freak and set him free
out of sight, out of sight, out of time
and you're way out of line
They cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and it still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me...
Cast the stone when in Rome
thick as a brick, the lamb's alone
bend the knee but don't you pray for me
cause I fly for free
Finding fame without a name
holy sound and no sustain
out of sight, out of sight, out of time
and you're way out of line
They cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and it still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me...
Free to run, deaf and numb
lock and load, unholy son
within reach, bleach the leach
he's a smoking gun
Serve to see of what could be
burn the freak and set him free
out of sight, out of sight, out of time
and you're way out of line
They cool the tongue to tame the flame
we burn the soul and it still remain
they freeze the tongue to stay the same
control me...
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