This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Flickering in the city lights
Shine on lucky ones tonight
I drive through the night
Flickering phosphorescent lights
Guide me through my sick and twisted plight
To take away your life
I walked into the store
Saw faces I would change
Soon they'll be on the floor
Priorities arranged
I paced around and looked
For reasons not to steal
The light that beats within
I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal
And I will let you see
You are just an animal
With a soul soon set free
Murderers in limousines
Get caught then they get off scott free You…powerless in wishes
You glamourize the killers
And you glamourize the psychopaths Victims become faceless in suburban safeway grocery stands
I walked out of the store
Saw faces I had changed
Soon they'll be in the morgue
Priorities arranged
I drove around and thought
Of reasons not to kill
But light that beats within
I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal and I will let you see
You are just an animal with a soul soon set free
I'll bring you your deepest nightmares and haunt you when your gone
And I'll provide the entertainment the… Anger is a underestimated emotion (2x)
I drove around and thought
Of reasons not to kill
But light that beats with in I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal
And I will let you see
You are just an animal
With a soul I soon set free
I'll bring you your deepest nightmares and haunt you when your gone
And I'll provide the entertainment the…
Shine on lucky ones tonight
I drive through the night
Flickering phosphorescent lights
Guide me through my sick and twisted plight
To take away your life
I walked into the store
Saw faces I would change
Soon they'll be on the floor
Priorities arranged
I paced around and looked
For reasons not to steal
The light that beats within
I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal
And I will let you see
You are just an animal
With a soul soon set free
Murderers in limousines
Get caught then they get off scott free You…powerless in wishes
You glamourize the killers
And you glamourize the psychopaths Victims become faceless in suburban safeway grocery stands
I walked out of the store
Saw faces I had changed
Soon they'll be in the morgue
Priorities arranged
I drove around and thought
Of reasons not to kill
But light that beats within
I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal and I will let you see
You are just an animal with a soul soon set free
I'll bring you your deepest nightmares and haunt you when your gone
And I'll provide the entertainment the… Anger is a underestimated emotion (2x)
I drove around and thought
Of reasons not to kill
But light that beats with in I need so desperately
'Cause I am just a cannibal
And I will let you see
You are just an animal
With a soul I soon set free
I'll bring you your deepest nightmares and haunt you when your gone
And I'll provide the entertainment the…
Lyrics submitted by tinafeygirl
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