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Pile Driver Lyrics
You put me in the clutches of sin
Making me a burning specimen
Of worn animosity, just to aspire
Leaving absolutely nothing behind
But now it seems that the tables have turned
Another dead end, another lesson learned
One good turn deserves another
So here it is, motherfucker
You're just a semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
Tooth and scratch
Give me an axe to grind
A practice made perfect, matter over mind
I've got the urge, I've got the urge
To clean up this place of your scourge
If cleanliness is next to Godliness
Then that would make you the devil
Call it what you will, a pre-emptive strike
But the first law of nature is to defend one's life
You're just a semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Grapes of wrath
Grapes of wrath
You're just a semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
And you're just a statistic
Making me a burning specimen
Of worn animosity, just to aspire
Leaving absolutely nothing behind
Another dead end, another lesson learned
One good turn deserves another
So here it is, motherfucker
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
Give me an axe to grind
A practice made perfect, matter over mind
I've got the urge, I've got the urge
To clean up this place of your scourge
Then that would make you the devil
Call it what you will, a pre-emptive strike
But the first law of nature is to defend one's life
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Grapes of wrath
Grapes of wrath
Semi-automatic hate machine
Semi-automatic hate machine
And I've gone ballistic
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Sounds to me like an attack on religious legalism and corruption. There's a few lines that seem reminiscent of the story of Jesus casting the money changers out of the temple (Matthew 21:12).