Tragedy, censure
Has kept me clothed.
Apologize to me politely.
My only wish is that revenge
Could blast me clean.
Sometimes it's easy to imagine
That I've killed you,
So you'll have to forgive me
When I send you through.

Firing squads and land mines,
I want to feed you bad things.
Rigged elections and force feeding
Are too terrible to think of,
But it still won't be enough.
For all of you.


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    r|m = one of my fav bands

    this song is so powerful... as with all of their wonderfully crafted songs

    :)

    whit238on August 30, 2002   Link
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    i love the line - "sometimes it's easy to imagine that i've killed you, "

    xxDARKIRISxxon March 30, 2003   Link
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    The best part of the entire song, to me, is when Caithlin and Kyle sing the "for all you... who've ever hurt me."

    The energy and emotion they have there is absolutely amazing. I like to just listen to that part over and over, rewinding it and having that surge of energy again and again.

    K-Lizzleon January 17, 2008   Link
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    'my only wish is that revenge could blast me clean'--if they were my favourite band after Catastrophe Keeps Us Together, imagine what it was like when I found they had this in them.

    AnacinCrosson May 17, 2008   Link

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