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Bound
01:12
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you’ve taken my heaven
But then what do I know
Thought I was unleadened
But I’m still stuck in the throe
Just shout
block it all out
Keep people hoping
you make it out / love for them only
Do that thing you like again
Decimation to the core of me
The pedestal for only men
Emancipation of my misery
This life’s not for us
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Stainers
01:22
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I could never continue forward forever
A glimpse of the future is enough
I can stop when I want to
But I can’t turn around
Leave a note for me
No reason not a chance
Stain drips what we believe
Fall in by happenstance
(Skid your knuckles on the bloody ground)
You remind me of an enemy
Bare skinless teeth
Flash back in memory
Leaving my own good grief
Keep my back to the door
And keeping you in sight
A place for murder and gore
But the time is not right
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3. |
Slick Rick
01:24
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Cmon in kick off your feet
Those boots are unlicked unique
Nobody cooler than you
I see my face in your shoe
Leather all polished up it’s enough
To make me bow in your wake
But if you say another faggot to me
I’m gonna interlock my fist in your face
Don’t block my rage
Keep it on the front page
All life’s a stage
Repentant back break
This is what you wanted
Another true confession
A glimpse into the cult
Is my terror obsession
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4. |
Showbiz Baby
00:30
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Deep state
Deep fake
Red face
Ice lake
Not mine
Too fine
Not fair
Too kind
Isn't it wouldn’t you know that I’m not in on the joke
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5. |
White Tongue
01:39
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Alabama is a state of ill contention
And it always gets worse
Spilling over with the waste of inattention
In the back of the hearse
A bitter pill to bite down into
When your tongue is unclean
Another trauma to unpack your feelings with you
Get to know what I mean
I don’t think the size will hold me
A bitter pill to bite down into
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6. |
Shot Again
01:31
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I need to be there
I love my family
What luck will save me
My sovereign son
Come back to cure us
From who would lure us
Spew nasty flame
Drew naught but blame
Smooth cut through fabric
Smart move for leverage
I’ve always made it
Just for my love
I thank my tempest more
Than those above
I need to get back to my home
A celebration tonight
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7. |
To The Top And Back Down
01:27
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Over and over we will fall into position
Nothing but apathy a previous condition
Each mouse takes a tiny piece and the smallest reach makes a difference in the least
Don’t fall behind or risk becoming back meat
Don’t fall behind
We’re never questioning our need for higher power
Acting like infantry could fall within the hour
Each man infinitesimal on the ground we’ve never found a better way to make you back down
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8. |
Party Room
00:50
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every single one of my heroes has slowly become a mockery of everything they stood for to start with
And all of those lucky enough to die early have saved themselves the trouble of still dealing with their dignity
I didn’t want to ruin all your fun
My first instinct is just to cut and run
Advertisement out of fear
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9. |
Ten
02:20
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Making an ass out of men
Verbal assault is a perfect ten
Make me out to be more mean
See where we are welcome then
I’m not your neighbor, I’m not your friend
I’m only out now, to see you bend
I’m not your family, I’m not your cross
You’ve been too blinded to cut the loss
Open sewers and black mold
Wasn’t in the lies you sold
Between the bricks that hold it up
I’m giving up and growing old
I’ve got a secret sitting in plain view of the window to my soul that you can’t see through
My identity begins and ends with your approval or your shoving me out the back door
Please just Break your promise and cave me in I want to remember the fun to begin
We’ll see if what I said was true when this destructiveness gets to you
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10. |
Too Far To Walk
02:12
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What did we do now
Shake the sweat from my brow
Still tied to the tracks
With no conductor now
Its not the oldest problem
It’s just the hardest of them
Run rampant over humans
Or let your choice absolve them
I’ve got a plan
You’ve got a mass extinction
Your move to flip the switch
Was never on the mission
I’m sorry
Forgive me
Don’t fear me
Don’t kill me
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