1. |
On The Cross Sideways
06:01
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All roads to hell
Are paved with good intentions
I've lived my life up side down
And now I’m surfacing
To the middle ground
So nail me to the cross
Sideways round
We should have known better
We set the scene
Two faces of evil
That you choose not to see
Sideways on the cross I hang
Sideways on the cross I hang
Between heaven and hell
The path to paradise
Begins in hell
I’ve lived my life
And I know it well
My works complete
And my job is done
So nail me to the cross
Sideways round
We should have known better
We set the scene
Two faces of evil
That you choose not to see
Sideways on the cross I hang
Sideways on the cross I hang
Between heaven and hell
I will stay
We should have known better
We set the scene
Two faces of evil
That you choose not to see
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2. |
Mouth To Hand
04:10
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Was it exciting to meet a new man each hour
Was it over once you stepped out of the shower
How long’s it been since you been doing what ‘cha doing
You really helped push that needle in
Oh well
You kept your secret well
She made her money from mouth to hand
To put the food on the table to feed a man
She loved me like a stray cat
Provided me shelter and a place to lay my hat
Oh well
You kept your secret well
Oh well
You really gave me hell
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
To put the food on the table to feed a man
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
What would I do without you
Maybe a little less harm
We were ok for a week or two
The money rolled in and suspicion too
sleeping beauty and Don Juan
Maybe there’s love and maybe there is none
Oh well
You kept your secret so well
Oh well
You really gave me hell
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
To put the food on the table to feed a man
From mouth to hand
From hand to mouth to mouth to hand
What would I do without you
Maybe a little less harm
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3. |
Mr Hell
03:31
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Every man is guilty
of the good he did not do
Holding on to my sorrows
and i hope you’re sorry too
I lay down in my tomb
like a rusty spoon
Heavy like an axe
discordant and detuned
The right hand is warm
and the left is cold
Nobody warned you
before you got old
Skin so grey
impaled your days
Use your right hand
to throw your life away
Spend your life burning bridges
You do it too well
Who do you think you’re kidding
Mr Hell
Bitterness is a cancer
that feeds upon the host
My anger is a fire
that will burn you the most
Lay down inside your tomb
I will bury you with a spoon
Heavy like an axe
distorted and detuned
The right hand is warm
and the left is cold
Nobody warned you
before you got old
Skin so grey
impaled your days
Use your right hand
to throw your life away
Spend your life burning bridges
You do it too well
Who do you think you’re kidding
Mr Hell
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4. |
Rattle Snake Shakes
04:31
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Out in the cold dragging my behind
I am a lonely man
Out of the mist sat dragon shaking fists
I'm an angry man
Oh hellfire I’m a real bad liar
I’m a soulless man
Oh hellfire I’m a real bad liar
I’m a soulless man
You can get the monkey off your back
But the circus will never leave town
You can get the monkey off your back
But the circus will never leave town
Rattle snake shake 24 hours awake
I’m a restless man
Pin struck eyes itching all the time
I’m just scratching man
Hurting really sucks puking up my guts
I’m in the pawnshop man
Out on the street people look at me
Waiting for the man
Now I lay me down to sleep
I prey the lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take
(Repeat Backwards)
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5. |
Ego Diaboli
04:20
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Five points on the pentagram
With candles around the outside
Looking through the madness
That burrowed deep inside
Be careful when you cast out your demons
that you do not throw away
the best part of your self
Cause with a twist of fate
An evil that will never die
Down went the casket doors
Locking that beast deep inside
The love of power is a demon of humankind
A malevolent fury runs thick
within the never ending abyss that is my existence
Each day bleeds seamlessly into the next
call this depressing shallow and unnecessary
Go forth and multiply all of my regrets
and create more tension for my heart to carry
I’ve been married to the longing and need to die
even though my quest is not complete yet
Does a quest in this day and age hold relativity
when all our existence is so fragile
and may not make it through today or the next
I cherish the idea of war
One that will wipe the slate clean of all of our sins
One that will bring forth a new day, a new age
a new existence that isn’t human beings
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6. |
Soul
05:30
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Born in a town that never saw your worth
From a broken home that only made you hurt
Living in the city in your mind
Seaside location with a train station
Everyone in this town hates you
so you pack your bags
and kiss your mama and papa goodbye
Looking for love in the wrong places
Never remembering the names to the faces
This bad city will eat you alive
Sofa to sofa so far no good
Trusting in people that are up to no good
Hoping to meet someone to open your mind
Instead you only find the hard times
City location on a tube station
Waiting around at another bus station
Only waiting to find the time
Do you have to sell your soul
To find your home
Do you have to sell your soul
Hurt in the city when you lost your worth
From the light to the dark with death you flirt
Living in self pity
troubled in your mind
Station to station with no destination
Faces in the city showing resignation
So you carry your bags
And kiss your life goodbye
Looking for love in the wrong places
Never remembering the names to the faces
This bad city will eat you alive
Sofa to sofa so far no good
Trusting in people that are up to no good
Hoping to meet someone to open your mind
Instead you only find the hard times
Hanging around on another tube station
Just waiting for your life
To show you another surprise
Do you have to sell your soul
To find your home
Do you have to sell your soul
To find your home
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7. |
Slip Away
07:50
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Sombre settings never forgetting
Hello I still remember your name
Wisdom is nothing but healed pain
I have many scars
Still I remember your face
When the sun has set
No candle can replace it
I should have known better
That to go and let her
Turn my summer into rain
I only have a day
Before I slip away
Remember my name
I only have a day
Before I slip away
Remember my name
If love happened again
Hope it never would cause us pain
I get lost inside my mind
Trying to find you but I refrain
Mournful I’ve become
Like a desolate wasteland with no sun
Zero in on the shame
Yes I remember your name
I should have known better
That to go and let her
Turn my summer into rain
Now I write this letter
In hope to forget her
As I dream my life away
I only have a day
Before I slip away
Remember my name...
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8. |
Leaving Present
04:21
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The world is god damn evil place
the strong prey on the weak
the rich on the poor
I’ve given up hope that there is a god
that will save us all
How am I supposed to believe
that there is heaven and hell
when all I see is hell
Tell me
There is an old saying
do not trust something
unless it’s taken a tumble in the dirt
it had been meant for people and not for things
shiny and new don’t exist for human kind anymore
Evil is a source of moral intelligence
in the sense that we need to learn from our shadows
from our dark side in order to be good
Pillow of the night
In electric paradise
Reducing this land
To a grain of sand
Tempestuous fires rage
The skyline is a-blaze
Children of thunder
Decend upon man
Living in the shadows of the sky
The children of thunder say we must die
Goodbye my friends
He warns that he is coming soon to reclaim his own
We need to be ready or we will be consumed in a rain of fire
that will fall from the heavens
We need to die to the sin in our lives
or we can never be a part of him nor his kingdom
Our lord and saviour
Beyond Jesus
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