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Necrodancer
04:30
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Brittle age has taken me on trial
Accidents display a weakening
So direction must go blind for a short while
For temporary ailment haunts me
Poor me (poor she)
Poor me (poor she)
Take notice, take heed for poor me
So I like to think I have a lot of time
Separation costs more than you think
For when I'm not conducting a front line
My brain consents to reflect upon one thing
and you know what that is
Me (poor she)
Poor me (poor she)
Take notice, take heed for poor me
Sympathy and empathy
So much needed praise
To move grim thoughts away and reign supreme
Hypocrites and young ones will never know my pain
Oh shouting when no one is listening (Scream)
(raging baritone sax solo and demon vocal time, sing-a-long)
Poor me (poor she)
Poor me (poor she)
Take notice, take heed for poor me
(Laugh!)
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Lives of the Living
03:21
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I don't want to be invited
Just a humble taste
or maybe just a view of your villainous ways
A listener they call me
A critic some may say
I conquer life with large words and then I hide away
chorus:
In the lives of the living, in the lives of the living (today)
I wonder what it's like though
to really be inside
to finally feel welcome yet horrified
Grotesque compression
brewing in my mind
considering wrong doing or some twisted crimes
chorus x 2
Frustration growing
feeling not myself
at last I may attempt to be someone else (oh no!)
Might I feel compassion?
Might I get my way?
No I think I'm spent and I'm going to live today
chorus
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Specter Vision
04:06
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What of the lives of the lonely
Should they ever get a break?
Or are they worthy, worthy enough
To live more lonely days
What of the cruel people
Scoring favored gaze
What is fairness, and how does it balance?
Supporting wicked ways
Chorus:
Was I wrong to haunt your days, does remorse get in the way?
Or were you ever really satisfied with me?
Do you long for an embrace, from the hand that once gave
so many vicious, vile, evil, foul, charades
What of the loving ones now?
Always getting in the way
Spreading amour, and merry thoughts
Such grotesque behavior
What is to think of mankind
Such a vast array of gruesome deeds with little thought for
any future days
Chorus refrain
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Lobotorama
03:07
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We've played a lot, shown so much of our fancy chops
and now the crowd is listening
So we'll pull the truck, every load and all that clicks
to gain more support from the dough
And right away (and right away) we'll form us a union (we'll form a union)
or at least that's what they'll think
With ghoulish games ( with ghoulish games), they'll take their communion (we'll take communion)
and praise us while we watch them sink and shrink
Yes, we'll heat the oil
fry beliefs
keep them uniformed
all like a dream, just like a dream
Dyeing the brains (dyeing the brains) and drying them out here (drying them out here)
In magnificent blue, white and red (USA)
We'll keep them safe (we'll keep them safe) providing the best care (only the best here)
As they work their naive hands to death, and all that's left is
Us, grasping hopes
Drinking wine and mixing brine and all like a dream just like a dream
it's all a dream
such a good dream
just like a dream
just like a dream
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