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let me touch the tips of inculcated desire and brush the fettered veil away shut down in the depths i lay... if you want nothin' then i've got nothin' i'm your annihilation man lemme get control i've got your minds now i want your souls, lemme get control i've got your minds now i want control, i need control... if you want somethin' then i've got somethin' i'm your annihilation man...

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x_melancholy_x On Aug 27, 2002

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by Ryan W=BarkleyXCore

24y ago

there's a lot more to the lyrics than this. but that's okay. this is the best germs song right here just because the way it is sung shows just how messed up darby crash is. "rock on."

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by XNeverMind

15y ago

Darby sounds weirdly possessed. But then again, when does he not? Great song. The Germs rock.

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