Lyrics should read like this:
Tear it out of these open pages
Women and kids of all ages
Millions of men with blank faces
Italicized lies, headlines bold type

Living lives just like deer in headlights
Terrified, blind, and wait to die
I wonder when they'll come get me
I wonder when they'll come get me

We want you, have to, need you and
We'll tell you when they're hungry again
We'll tell you when they're hungry again
It never ends, never ends

We want you, have to, need you and
We'll tell you when they're hungry again
We'll tell you when they're hungry again
It never ends, never ends, never ends

Big shot screaming put your hands in the sky
He says "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die
You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck
In the back of the neck
Right between the eyes


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    alright...

    heard the leaked EP (i feel horrible for it too :( )

    so these SHOULD be the correct lyrics! i'm starting to think the song's actually politically-related, too...


    Tearing out of these open pages Women and kids of all ages Millions of men with blank faces Italicized lies, headlines bold type

    Living lives just like deer in headlights Terrified, blind, and wait to die I wonder when they'll come get me I wonder when they'll come get me

    We want you, have to, need you and We'll tell you when they're hungry again We'll tell you when they're hungry again It never ends, never ends

    We want you, have to, need you and We'll tell you when they're hungry again We'll tell you when they're hungry again It never ends, never ends, never ends...

    Big shot screaming put your hands in the sky He says "Give it up boy, give it up or you're gonna die You'll get a bullet in the back of the neck In the back of the neck Right between the eyes"

    ("Big shot..." Repeat 4x)

    (Tearing out of these open pages Women and kids of all ages Millions of men with blank faces Italicized lies, headlines bold type)

    ("Tearing out..." Repeat 2x)

    luv_ya_amjon September 16, 2005   Link

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