All the fucked up things trap
And punish me I cannot explain my problem.
Kill my hopeless life I cannot be hypnotized.
You owe me.
Push aside the veil to welcome in the visitors.
Eyes like halogen illuminate the soma
Peering out of spherical night mask.
Paleolithic subconscious icons
Lumber through dreamscape archetype of archangel.
Topside it's far worse, infants painted gauze
Peer through murky jars, soon I'm wearing the skin
Of the morning star.
Green locks my name fills an empty banner.
Frank, what have you gotten me into now?
I am not afraid to speak my heart and mind
It cannot be saved sell me over. Fuck your hopeless
World, I am blacker than the sun.
Tragedy. Have you seen the speedy, yes?
Bleeds through the sleep onto the page.
I'm sailin'.


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Terror & Hubris in the House of Frank Pollard Lyrics as written by David Randall Blythe Chris Adler

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    in the dvd "killedelphia" it is randy singing. i think it could be about him getting drunk and his pastor helping him? just putting two and two together here

    deathtodeathon February 07, 2006   Link
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    Randall: Frank Pollard is a great friend of mine from Chicago – he’s a crazy, insane artist. Every time I see him, and I stay with him every time I’m in Chicago, something insane happens – he’s bizarre. The song “Terror And Hubris In The House Of Frank Pollard” is about showing up in Chicago at Frank’s house and everything just exploding. His art is some of the best and most amazing stuff I’ve ever seen. I felt he deserved a song in his honor

    Nedeljaon December 12, 2015   Link
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    this song kicks ass so hard. the intro is badass and the whole song is great. it'd be nice if somebody could tell me something about the lyrics though. i get most of it but what frank pollard is he singing about? is it the crazy guy in The Bad Place by dean koontz or is it the football player or what?

    metalhead fcon January 17, 2005   Link
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    fuck my last post... what the fuck is this song about? what does it all mean?

    metalhead fcon January 24, 2005   Link
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    Semms to me he doesnt like organized religon

    Samkong73on April 06, 2005   Link
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    without offending LoG, is it a girl singing at the start? a butch girl, obviously, but a girl? sounds kinda like the singer from Kittie, perhaps.

    Mr Jackon December 24, 2005   Link
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    The start of the song is not a girl singing, but it is not Randy either. If you look at the album credits or whatever the hell they are called in the CD booklet, additional vocals on this song are by Steve Austin I think his name is. I think he is the producer or something and that is his hi pitched voice in the beginning of the song that sounds a little different than Randy's.

    BLS4LIFEon January 16, 2006   Link
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    steve austin is the singer for today is the day, awesome band, he also does some vocals on burn the priest and as the pallaces burn

    sfa01on April 03, 2006   Link
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    What is randy screaming at the end of the song?

    gabbagabbaon May 14, 2006   Link
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    this song is about a person that randy used tio know"frank pollard"and about all the crazy shit that happened in the house,I would imagine drug related mischief,I have a similar place,this is what randy said in revolver about the song in fact they give meanings to every song on new american gospel,including letter to the unborn which is fuckin heartwrenching to read

    livebackwards801on May 30, 2006   Link

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