To kill, the whitest looking dove
To hate, oh, everything I love
And I'm trying to pretend
Oh, in wanting life to end
That I am not another stupid
Little teenage fucking whore

And now I know
And we will see
And now I know
And we will see

To take, this handgun to my eyes
And watch, oh, my cells start to rise
The flesh now starts to break
As the bullet enters like a snake
And goes through one side of my head
And out the other one

And now I know
And we will see
And now I know
And we will see

And I'm (and I'm) too scared (too scared)
To live (to live) tonight
And I'm (and I'm) too bare (too bare)
To shed (to shed) my plight

And I'm too scared to live tonight
Too bare to shed my plight!
(Please tell me I'm not wanted)
(Please tell me I'm not wanted)

Watch the bones rip through my flesh
A catharsis of my own distress!
(Please tell me I'm not wanted)
(Please tell me I'm not)

And now I know
And we will see
And now I know
And we will see


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Handguns and Second Chances Lyrics as written by David Michael Miller Daniel Gerard Trapp

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    for me the verse that really stuck was:

    "To take this handgun to my eyes And watch my cells start to rise The flesh now starts to break as the Bullet enters like a snake Through one side of my head And out the other one"

    Senses Fail and Thursday are extremely amazing bands!!!!!!!!!!

    xidiedtodayxon May 03, 2004   Link

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