Whores
Whores
Whores
Whores

Your windows boarded up, your private lives exposed
The talk shows pump it up, lab rats diseased for show
We're doomed to use the slang, outbreak of drug roulette
A church burned to the ground, not even noticed yet

Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Steps

Whores
Whores
Whores
Whores

A backwards swastika, the black skin riddled in lead
A Nazi Gangster Jew, it beats a dog that's dead
It's in to use the slang, outbreak of gun roulette
The cross slants to the side, will prove the damnedest yet

Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Steps
Leads to nowhere

The backlash dislocates, an untimely reign of death
The wolf poked with the stick, awaits with cancerous breath
(Leads to nowhere)

Outsiders still suppose, there's Holy streets to roam
The truth should not surprise, your homes were built on lies
Lies, yeah

Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Thirteen, thirteen
Steps


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13 Steps to Nowhere Lyrics as written by Rex Brown Philip Anselmo

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    anyone have a clue on what this song is about. Because reading it, I cannot make anything cohesive about the song. What does 13 steps mean, and why are their meaningless lines like "The Wolf Poked with the stick, awaits with cancerous breath". Is this song just simply induced by drugs?

    SpilltheBloodon December 01, 2004   Link

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