This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
The car in front follows the long way around
Prey moves predator moves
Foreshortened angels hunting me down
Halle - halle - halle
Underkill
sticks in gullets
Overkill
is personal too many bullets
Rabbi crater keyed for action hits the marks
I wish I was in Dixie
Sleet switches silence to the shredding of larks
Serifot
Combs of honey
Kellipot
Saliva's coating balls of money
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
World about to end world about to end world about to end
Wind blown hair in a windowless room
A lifeline of knuckles
waddles into the afternoon
Look into its eyes
It will look into your eyes
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
Prey moves predator moves
Foreshortened angels hunting me down
Halle - halle - halle
Underkill
sticks in gullets
Overkill
is personal too many bullets
Rabbi crater keyed for action hits the marks
I wish I was in Dixie
Sleet switches silence to the shredding of larks
Serifot
Combs of honey
Kellipot
Saliva's coating balls of money
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
You and me against the world
World about to end world about to end world about to end
Wind blown hair in a windowless room
A lifeline of knuckles
waddles into the afternoon
Look into its eyes
It will look into your eyes
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
Lyrics submitted by oswaldtherabbit
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Donald duck has invaded my nightmares.
"Wind blown hair in a windowless room A lifeline of knuckles waddles into the afternoon Look into its eyes It will look into your eyes"
Made me think of te famous Friedrich Nietzsche quote :
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
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"Rabbi crater keyed for action hits the marks I wish I was in Dixie Sleet switches silence to the shredding of larks"
"Wind blown hair in a windowless room"
is talking about suicide bombing
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"sticks in gullets" "shredding of larks"
"A lifeline of knuckles waddles into the afternoon" Being persecuted by the Israel army?
I'm absolutely clueless
“The Escape” is a paranoid vision that seems to conclude with a demonic Daffy Duck rasping, “What’s up doc?”
from here: uncut.net/music/uncut/reviews/8759
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