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Blood in My Eyes
04:41
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Every Sheep Needs A Shepherd To Step Into The Light
To Wash Up With The Lepers, Turn Water To Wine
It’s A Blessing When You Come, Usher In Bounty And Love
Such Benevolent Wisdom Descends On You Like A Dove
Are You Here To Elevate Me?
Or Just Get Me High?
Chorus:
(I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes)
I See A Stooge, A Groupie, And A Parasite
(I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes)
And A Lot Of Bootlicking. Got To Clear My Sight
You’re Relaxed And A Natural, Effortless And Refined
Naturally, A Real Silver-tonged Devil. Tailor-made For Your Time
You A Menace Or Mentor? Here To Give Me All That I Need?
Genuinely. Sympathy For My Struggle? Because I Want To Believe
Are You Here To Intoxicate Me?
Or Give Me Real Insight?
Chorus:
Bridge:
What Are You Without Me?
Are You Spinning And Twisting One Big Lie?
And Maybe; Maybe God Has Sent To You Another Misguided Fool
Maybe I’m On To You This Time
Your Flaws Are Invisible. Cloaked By Your Imperial Clothes
You’re Strong And Invincible. Why Not Why? Keep Thinking That I Don’t Know
I May Be A Wide-eyed Beginner, An Innocent Neophyte
And Maybe, That I Don’t Know Nothing. Then Again, I Just Might
Are You Here To Illuminate Me?
Imitate Me, Liberate Me
Or Just Keep Me Blind?
Intertwined, Confined
Are You Here To Love And Keep Me?
Double-speak Me, Drunk And Weak-kneed
Or Just Fuck My Mind?
Chorus:
You’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve To Say You Are My Friend
You’re On The Bleeding Edge, Forging The Final End
Blood In My Eyes
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Victorious
04:51
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LIFT YOUR EYES
STAND WITH PRIDE
FACE THE WINDS OF CHANGE
SWEAR A VOW HERE AND NOW
IN THIS TIME AND PLACE
TODAY WE’RE STRONGER
TODAY WE CONQUER
OUR TIME HAS COME
STAND AND FIGHT
SACRIFICE
COME STAKE OUR CLAIM
TAP THE SOURCE, STAY THE COURSE
TOGETHER WE WILL REIGN
AFTER A NEW DAY
WHAT GETS IN OUR WAY
WE’LL TURN TO DUST
CHORUS:
VICTORIOUS
VICTORIOUS
SO GLORIOUS (SO GLORIOUS)
VICTORIOUS
DESTINY
WITHIN OUR REACH
EVERY SOUL TAKE WING
LIFT YOUR VOICE, ALL REJOICE
RAISE A FLAG AND SING
BOUND TO EACH OTHER
STRONGER THAN BROTHERS
OF FLESH AND BLOOD
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
EVERY WARRIOR IS ROARING
EVERY BEATING HEART IS SOARING
CHORUS:
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All Freaks
02:59
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I DON’T WANT TO LIVE FOREVER
BREATHE A SIGH, COME IN CLOSE,
REFINED AND QUIET, IN IMPERIAL CLOTHES
THE FIX IS IN, THE SLEAZE IS DEEP
AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS
CAN I EVER GET ENOUGH
OF A GENTLE HAND WITH A DELICATE TOUCH?
IT CAN CUT MY THROAT AT LIGHTNING SPEED
AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS
CHORUS:
CAN I KNOW WITH SUCH A FINE, PRECISE LINE,
(IT BURNS, IT STINGS, YOU WANT IT)
IF I COME KISS YOUR LIPS?
YOU’RE BLACK, YOU’RE THE NEW WHITE
(TO LEAVE YOU BRUISED AND BLOODIED)
LOVE IS SIMPLE TO CULTIVATE
IT DISAPPEARS AND DISINTEGRATES
THEN COALESCES AT MY FEET
AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS
BRIDGE:
THE ELEVATED RIGHTEOUS ARE ON A NEW CRUSADE
IN THE JUNGLE, THE JIHADI, ARE STRIVING IN THE WAY
A MOTHER AND HER BABY IS THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY
I’M A FREAK, YOU’RE A FREAK, TOO
ARE YOU RED OR ARE YOU BLUE?
IF I DISSENT, WOULD YOU APPROVE?
BRIDGE:
IS THE MERCY OF MY GOD TEACHING ME BELIEF?
I MEDITATE, I CONTEMPLATE, I PONDER WHAT YOU PREACH.
TO EVER KNOW YOUR HEART IS ALWAYS OUT OF REACH
CHORUS:
BREATHE A SIGH, COME IN CLOSE
REFINED AND QUIET, IN IMPERIAL CLOTHES
THE FIX IS IN, THE SLEAZE IS DEEP
AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS
WE’RE ALL FREAKS
WE’RE ALL FREAKS
WE’RE ALL FREAKS
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Mad World
04:42
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IF YOU WERE WAY OFF THE GRID
IF YOU WERE NOTHING BUT MYTH
WOULD YOU LOVE WHO YOU LOVE?
WOULD YOU KISS OTHER LIPS?
I ONCE WALKED DOWN THE STREET WHERE I LIVED
FOR A BLOCK, IN ATONEMENT
ONCE I GOT UP THE NERVE IN A MAD WORLD
SHELLED SEX, LIQUID AND THIN
FELT THE BREATH ON MY NECK OF A DEALER'S GRIN
AND THE MYSTERY SWIRLED AROUND A MAD WORLD
CHORUS:
THE ONES I LOVE ARE STRANGERS LIVING WHISPERED LIVES
DENYING EVERYTHING WE'D KNOWN AS TRUTH THAT TURNED TO LIES
DANCING ‘ROUND THE DANGER 'TIL DEFINITION BLURS
BLISSED AND TWISTING IN THE WIND THAT’S BLOWING THROUGH A MAD WORLD
A JAW SLACKED LIKE A HINGE ON PIN
BLACK AS AN AXE, STIFF AS TIN
MURMURING SLURS IN A MAD WORLD
A NERVE WRACKED, TAUT, AND FLINCHED
AN ASSASSIN'S LAUGH, QUIVERED AND PINCHED
CACKLED AND PURRED IN A MAD WORLD
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
TWO LEFT FEET, TWO LEFT FEET
I HEAR THE DEVIL'S GOT TWO LEFT FEET
I SLEEPWALK, INVENT A FACE
CORONATED INSOMNIAC KING OF THE MAZE
CHARRED AND CURLED IN A MAD WORLD
CHORUS:
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Ghostland
04:37
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TAKE BACK ALL YOUR SIN
FACE YOUR GOD AND BEGIN AGAIN
I’M A WOMAN IN WHITE AND I GO
TO THE CREEK, WADE IN, AND FLOAT
I SINK TO THE BOTTOM ALONE
I’M A MAN IN A LONG BLACK COAT
I TRY TO TESTIFY BUT I CHOKE
ALL MY PRAYERS ARE HOLLOW
CHORUS:
(GHOSTLAND) BUT I LAUGH WHEN I SHOULD CRY
(GHOSTLAND) AND I LIVE WHEN I SHOULD DIE
I’M A BASTARD CHILD WITHOUT SIN
WITH MY FACE TO THE RAZOR WIND
LIVING UP TO NOTHING AGAIN
I’M A SELFISH MAN, STONE COLD
MY SON AND DAUGHTER BEAT A FUNERAL DRUM
HEEDLESSNESS WINS
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
I LET THE TENDERNESS BEGIN
WHEN I’M SURROUNDED BY GIBBERISH AND GRINS AGAIN
I LET THE PENDULUM SWING
WHEN THE POETESS SINGS OF THE SWEET SUBLIME
TO THE BELLIGERENT BULK
I’VE BEEN SLEEPING ON A SHEETLESS BED
WITH NO FEATHER PILLOW FOR MY HEAD
IT’S FILLING MY DREAMS WITH PUZZLES
I HEAR THE HOWL OF A 3-LEGGED DOG
A PREMONITION OF THINGS TO COME
SOME ACHE CAN’T BE MUZZLED
CHORUS:
TAKE BACK ALL YOUR SIN
FACE YOUR GOD AND BEGIN AGAIN
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Black
05:05
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HALF OF YOU THINK YOU ARE ANGELS
THE OTHER HALF THINK YOU ARE DEVILS
WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
WELCOME TO THE EVENT HORIZON
MONOCHROMATIC OBLIVION
CHTHONIC AND ONYX. OSIRIS AWAITS
ALL MISANTHROPIC IRISES DILATE
THE IRONY OF HISTORY’S TWIST
NOT EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS RESIST
WHEN TEMPTATION BAITS THE SNARE
MERE MORTALS DON’T HAVE A PRAYER
CHORUS:
BLACK. THE NEW WHITE
BLACK. COME SEE IT IN A NEW LIGHT
SHOCK AND AWE. THE LEAD DOG
BLACK
A TAP IN THE ATTIC? DARK SIDE OF THE SUN
FRANTIC AND PANIC OVER SUPERSTITION
YOUR MYTH AND YOUR LEGEND HAUNT IN THE HAZE.
YOU CRAVE AND YOU COVET SHADOW THROWING SHADE
WHEN INTOXICATED BY SIN
AN ORDINARY SOUL JUST CAVES IN
THE, ELEVATED BY ELEGANCE,
PIOUS, JUST ACQUIESCE
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
THE BANISHED VANISH IN THIN AIR
THE THREAT OF SIEGE IS EVERYWHERE
WHEN GODS WEAPONIZE THE PITCH
NOT ONE HOLY MAN WILL BITCH
A COLD-BLOODED ZERO-SUM
I’LL KEEP YOU UNDER THEIR THUMB
CHORUS:
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Wax Mekanix Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Waxim “Wax” Ulysses Mekanix is an American musician, songwriter, performer, producer, artist, and founding member of American cult rockers Nitro. Wax’s vetted perspective and tested work can best be described as raw, bold, uncompromising, authentic, and disconcerting. “Mobocracy” is Wax’s new release with Philadelphia based record label, Electric Talon Records. ... more
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