Now I'm one with the flies
Rising up as the creature cries
Sucking up, breathing stops -
for the very last time!

Can you see it, can you reach it,
as it climbs to the top of your spine
Such a healer, can't believe it
I'm left so far behind
Born to please, to release
Wide open and undefined
Crashing down in a velvet hall
Side by side
Narcotic - injected, erotic - respected
It suits your kind, cause you're one with the flies
Can you feel it, can you cease it
As it crawls to the top of your spine
Such a healer, self redeemer
I keep thinking that it seems like it's not fair

(Reach out) And choke with me, reach out
cause it's killing me
Down! Bring down this sheer submission
Down! You know you have to bring it
Down! Deranged from a mind pollution
Down! Pitch black but unrefined

Such a healer, can't believe it
I keep thinking that it seems like it's not fair

(Reach out) And choke with me, reach out
cause it's killing me
Down! Bring down this sheer submission
Down! You know you have to bring it
Down! Deranged from a mind pollution
Down!

Deceiver, believer - don't need you tonight
You've spilled enough blood, you've wasted my life

You know you have to bring it
Down! Bring down this sheer submission
Down! You know you have to bring it
Down! Deranged from a mind pollution
Down! And screw that common sense
Down! Fight back those limitations
Down! And screw that common sense!


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    I think this song is about a man who has immortality. He is unable to enjo life. It is like a disease. The flies are a just a figure of speech, to the reasons of his immortality spreading through his body. He is unable to do a thing about it. Narcotic - injected, erotic - respected = Different emotions that you can feel. This man has so much power but his immortality is killing him because he must see the ones around him die.

    Undignifiedromanceon March 16, 2007   Link

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