We're, if at all slaves to a pawn caught in a cautious lie, if at all, staggering weightless haggard stained cynical it all tastes sweet Leave me to sway here if at all listing ageless wait, wait and see
Come here to rest and then cosset the crows who murder the raven and those who cast the losing die Leave me to sway here if at all listing ageless Wait Trace these suicide shades uncovered through this pious lullaby praise to suffer while we brace ourselves shaking hands on the alter See these paths to their end through the pulse of hate
And now walking along the earth It always turns inward To let their souls writhe Silting softly it is wanting Hate Trace these suicide shades uncovered through this pious lullaby pray and suffer Erase (erase...)
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Deep, dark shadows where everyone lies There's a circus working debutant conducting his spies And as he turned he went into a Cheshire grin and now everyone dies In his deep, dark shadows where everyone lies
Shades...
Now he stands in the center with his Cheshire grin Peeling off estimating memories attached to their skin But it's over soon, now red balloons keep us amputee's in In his deep, dark circus where nobody wins