Birds of Prey

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Scrape me
Peel me slowly and see
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
So tender so raw and so ready to surrender
The feeling is so fleeting
The rush is so deceiving

I am empty
You are empty
We pretend
I am not sorry
You are not sorry
We pretend

Because it's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way) it's the same
It's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way it's the same)
We are birds of prey

Steer me
Career me
Subscribe to me yearly
To feel there produce me
Increase or reduce me
So vacant so blank and so ready to just fake it
Uscrew me
Unloose me
I'm useless so just use me

I am empty
You are empty
We pretend
I am not sorry
You are not sorry
We pretend

Because it's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way) it's the same
It's the same (It's the same)
Either way (Either way)
Either way (Either way it's the same)
We are birds of prey

Attack attack
Breakdown

We are birds of prey (It's the same)
(Either way)
(Either way)
(It's the same)


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    i agree with Julio, this song is about 2 people who are only using each other for sex. They're birds of prey, empty inside.

    _bene_on July 17, 2008   Link

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