A last minute decision
Lay it all on the line
Glasspipe recollections of antichrist
The nominees all on fire

Cash money upfront
We're all part of the scam
Dead stars at the end of a rope
A fake miracle to behold

Life is bright!
It'll take out your eyes!
Burn these lies!
Cut away the ties!

Ninety-nine, ninety-nine knives
Ninety-nine knives inside
Ninety-nine, ninety-nine
Ninety-nine knives inside

Separate the symptoms
From the real disease
A pale ghostlike redition of consequence
The irony covers the crime

Re-enact the trauma
A safe pattern to fuse
Preteens giving head in the backroom
A family built on abuse

Life is bright!
It'll take out your eyes!
Burn these lies!
Cut away the ties!

Ninety-nine, ninety-nine knives
Ninety-nine knives inside
Ninety-nine, ninety-nine
Ninety-nine knives inside

No one gets out alive!

Ninety-nine, ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
Ninety-nine knives inside (ninety-nine)
Ninety-nine, ninety-nine

Ninety-nine hopeless fucking usless empty ways to die


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    i think this is just saying that the world is shit and we have all been scammed...

    -the-decieved-on April 20, 2008   Link

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