Mrs. Hemmings was OAO,
Pretty soon we were all OAO,
We were captured by victorian vampires.
With elaborate designs
With elaborate designs

This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO
This is the land of OAO


Left//
We are a romanian sound collage
searching for the ghost of past sinners (?)
but this futile coffin will not
let us gain entry
into the immortal soul
of the redneck!!
you are trapped in your basement
for a war of 16 years
to combat prevention
and in combat with yourself
we are in combat with these cultural vampires
we were trapped in the basement
we were trapped in the basement of the teenage halfway hell!!

Right\
Old black bandit
I can't stand it
I'm your planet
Old black bandit
I can't stand it
I'm your planet


I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times
I was saved by old times


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    During end of the spoken part, I swear the left ear says: "...trapped in the basement of the [motherfucking] halfway hell!" Also, I thought it was "halfway house" at first, not "halfway hell", but I can see how it might be "hell".

    henrynavarreon August 03, 2010   Link

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