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The Detachment Kit

we must we must fight & fuck, rub & touch, fisticuffs, spittin' blood on the ol' pinch & thud. we must, we lust, try it all, try to call, fill our protocol, smearin' lipstick all over the bathroom walls. we create the illusion that we're part of creation, but we've never been there & we are never alone. we tried to figure you out, we tried to figure you out, we count your lips like a stain, laughing like some kind of monster, no that shit doesn't phase me, now you are driving crazy, we run it over & oh. wake up with the makeup, the powdered nose & the rubber hose wondering what happened in last night's overdose. we tried to figure you out, we tried to figure you out, we count your lips like a stain, laughing like some kind of monster, no that shit doesn't phase me, now you are driving crazy, we run it over & over, we tried to figure you out, we tried to figure... over & over & over & over & over & over & over & oh. what then? we tried to figure you out.


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    it may be just me but i have the feeling that these lyrics are horribly wrong
    man on tvon December 09, 2005   Link

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