my shame is cold like a grave,
but my lust is hot like an engine
pistons that pump and a heart that thumps to the beat
that i cant wrap my head around

so ill let my body fall in step
and ive lost the rhythym and all i am left with
is my regret, can you hear the sound?

ticking i am ticking on,
automatic i am, all the things ive done
set to explode, i am ticking on, on

what on earth can atone for all the wrong ive done,
from the depths, from the depths, i am crawling home again
crawling home again

ive been thinking maybe i can make this right
in fact i know that ive to make this right
im done fucking around with the guilt engine

ticking i am ticking on,
automatic i am, all the things ive done
set to explode, i am ticking on, on


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The Guilt Engine Lyrics as written by Rudy Byron Gajadhar Robert Earl Darling

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    I think this song is basically about a guy who got involved with a girl, and he loved her. But he lost interest and cheated on her. After she found out, drama erupted between them, and he broke up with her. She was completely devastated, and he was fine with the break-up...but after a while, he started to miss her. And not only that, but the guilt of how he had hurt her was raining down on him and devouring him and he just wants to contact her, and make things right between them, and maybe build up a friendship if not a relationship.

    CarrieWithoutSoundxon April 04, 2006   Link

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