KMFDM

Real Thing

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Cracking under pressure violently
Chaos eats away the best of me
A former shadow of myself
Porcelain doll, just an empty shell
Bug in amber that can't be reached
Choking on fear that stings like bleach

Gimme the real thing
Gimme the life
Give me something deep
Something straight
Like a sharpened knife
Gimme the real thing
Give me the life
Gimme a fresh start,
Like a new born child
Gimme the real thing

I have no friends
I'm always by myself
I cannot pacify my shame and doubt
Drained them dry
And damned them all to hell
I've no control or any will to stop

Everything perfect just melts away
I've got the touch like evil prey
Talking pictures in black and white
Spitting their venom back at mine

Everything old is new again
My only crime buried under cold skin
In the quiet of my tiger's eye
Cross my heart and hope to die

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cool Coz On Sep 19, 2005

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2005-09-19 04:12:38

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by DJ_Falcor

19y ago

suckas! drug addiction. For duh. "A former shadow of myself Porcelain doll, just an empty shell Bug in amber that can't be reached Choking on fear that stings like bleach" Sounds like coca to me. "Everything perfect just melts away I've got to touch that evil prey Talking pictures in black and white Spitting their venom back at mine" Shooting black and white. Heroin.

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by TacticalElite

20y ago

This song represents everything in my life

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by demeter

20y ago

i love it. the ones that care and don't want to...wanting to break out of everything expected everything you've been told to do and want. and of course about regret.

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by Noonie!

18y ago

I agree drug addiction but I assumed heroin... the way she emphasises the word BLEACH (ya clean works with bleach) and the descriptives "sharp, straight, knife" imply injection. It seems like she's escaping depression/boredom/unhappiness through drug use, which heroin is notorious for since it works on endorphins and all (cocaine is more about thrill seeking). "fresh start like a newborn child" and all that talk of shame and doubt etc...

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