He certainly did earn that reputation.
You've sunk lower than I've ever seen,
And even though you deserved this
I tried to catch your fall
I've grown so tired of your childish threats
Know that I'll never run from anything
And I'll burn the building if I knew you'd die
And I'll pray you're a failure
And that you won't make it out alive
Here's where we prove all your fairy tales wrong
This all stops tonight
Swim in your sea of smoke until your lungs lose the fight
It's over
This all stops tonight
Or prove me wrong
What have you become trough your jealousy?
You've threatened my life, my friends and family
This is your last wrong turn in your life
And this dead end leads to a blood bath
Your blood bath
You'll never stop us with your one-man army
We would burn him alive
You'll never stop us with your one-man army
If you're such a man then bring the fight
(We're paging 1958)
We're all one and the same
We're moving on, and living our dreams
And even though you deserved this
I tried to catch your fall
I've grown so tired of your childish threats
Know that I'll never run from anything
And I'll burn the building if I knew you'd die
And I'll pray you're a failure
And that you won't make it out alive
Here's where we prove all your fairy tales wrong
This all stops tonight
Swim in your sea of smoke until your lungs lose the fight
It's over
This all stops tonight
Or prove me wrong
What have you become trough your jealousy?
You've threatened my life, my friends and family
This is your last wrong turn in your life
And this dead end leads to a blood bath
Your blood bath
You'll never stop us with your one-man army
We would burn him alive
You'll never stop us with your one-man army
If you're such a man then bring the fight
(We're paging 1958)
We're all one and the same
We're moving on, and living our dreams
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1958 Lyrics as written by Jeremy Wade Mckinnon Alexander Thomas Shelnutt
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