Oh my god, I have the remedy for love
I struck the glass, it broke the bones inside my fist, but I'm ok
I cannot change you, I cannot change you
You never change, you never change
I never would expect to be this in the end
Something so profound, something you won't expect
Take this scripture like a picture, wear it around your neck
The sky, it opens up
Don't get swallowed by the flames
What's mine is yours and yours is mine, so take me away
You hear the sounds, they carry out
There's no sympathy for the dead

It swells and I was never the same
There's no sympathy for the dead
We dance like zombies do, in the middle of the rain
We see the stones falling from the sky, on fire
The blinding light beaming from your eyes, our desire
Life has died, and yet we're still alive, we'll tell them all
Our sea of damned, crashing like a tidal wave, wave

I cannot change you, you'll never change
You'll never change
I'm never would expect to be this in the end
I can't breathe
Wake up from this nightmare that I'm in
Dive into a holy river, and wash away my sins
As I reach, sanctify the surface of the water now
I will breathe, and burn out my eyes
You hear the sounds, they carry out
There's no sympathy for the dead

It swells and I was never the same
There's no sympathy for the dead
We dance like zombies do, in the middle of the rain
We see the stones falling from the sky, on fire
The blinding light beaming from your eyes, our desire
Life has died, and yet we're still alive, we'll tell them all
A sea of damned, crashing like a tidal wave, wave

So take the medicines, to quench the pain we had
And walk until the end, until you've reached the sand
A hundred thousand wings, soaring through the sky
At intense speeds we can't catch with our eyes
You hear the sounds of a third carry out
Just wait (Just wait)
You hesitate

I have the remedy to the poisonous kiss
I struck the glass, it shattered bones in my fist (you hesitate)
I have the remedy to the poisonous kiss
I struck the glass, it shattered bones in my fist (you hesitate)
I have the remedy to the poisonous kiss
(There's no sympathy for the dead)
I struck the glass, it shattered bones in my fist (you hesitate)
I have the remedy to the poisonous kiss
(There's no sympathy for the dead)
I struck the glass, it shattered bones in my fist

You hesitate
(There's no sympathy for the dead)
You hesitate
(There's no sympathy for the dead)
You hesitate
(There's no sympathy for the dead)
You hesitate


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    isn't this there's no sympathy for the dead? i think i should know, that's my favorite song by them...

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