Wasted, disposable dying scum
Two months tops before silence replace your small beating drum
Isn’t that what we’re all waiting for
So we can go home and celebrate our good life

But I feel gun powder
Burning under my skin
Don’t say another word
You might set off a spark
Cause I’ve got gun powder
Burning under my skin

Take me back to TV-land
Numbness is a safe zone
They never trained me for reality
I’m a reality-TV clone
Now did you say your 10 going on 11
Something is terribly wrong
Somehow I’m dying with you

But I feel gun powder
Burning under my skin
Don’t say another word
You might set off a spark
Cause I’ve got gun powder
Burning under my skin

Yemkela
Don’t leave now


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    Between the meaning of this song and the lyrics and what Christian had to say about it, it makes me so sad. I completely understand how he feels, but not as much as he does. I wasn't there. But this song is so true,

    "Wasted, disposable dying scum Two months tops before silence replace your small beating drum Isn’t that what we’re all waiting for So we can go home and celebrate our good life"

    That is so so so true.

    "Yemkela Don’t leave now"

    There is so much raw emotion in that, it makes me want to cry. It seriously hurts my heart to hear it.

    sheflatlineson October 25, 2006   Link

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