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The knife or the rope or the lemon, this brain and I
The sight of the drop got me off the roof
Hey, the garage looks cleaner when you look at it sideways, from high
To finally admit we are born alone
And that your only one's got an only one of their own
We'll get the right sun block for the nice explosions
Oh, the king is dead
To absolve the joy from me
Is to erase what made me a slave
I'm a king to be
I traded my life for art
And the guilt is weighing down my arms
Tell me again what a monster is
Give me the words to describe
Can you tell me what the use of endorphins is
When my city dies at night
Take away the sentence of house arrest
And watch me ruin it right
Put me in the back of an ambulance
Cause my city dies tonight
I see the levity of every meeting of the minds
I lie to myself, it's my right to do
I'm separated like an elevator door
For privacy from my eyes
To finally admit we are born alone
And that your only one's got another robot to take the throne
Heartless of the world deny
The king is dead
Fuck, the king is dead
Heartless with your burning eyes
The king is dead
Fuck, the king is dead
To wade through the virus of your lies
Is to cheat it through death
Is only in my eyes
And the sinking feeling came over me
And it said never again, never again
Never again, never again
The king is dead
I traded my life for art
And the guilt is weighing down my arms
Tell me again what a monster is
Tell me again what a monster is
Tell me again what a monster is
Cause my city dies tonight
The sight of the drop got me off the roof
Hey, the garage looks cleaner when you look at it sideways, from high
To finally admit we are born alone
And that your only one's got an only one of their own
We'll get the right sun block for the nice explosions
Oh, the king is dead
To absolve the joy from me
Is to erase what made me a slave
I'm a king to be
I traded my life for art
And the guilt is weighing down my arms
Tell me again what a monster is
Give me the words to describe
Can you tell me what the use of endorphins is
When my city dies at night
Take away the sentence of house arrest
And watch me ruin it right
Put me in the back of an ambulance
Cause my city dies tonight
I see the levity of every meeting of the minds
I lie to myself, it's my right to do
I'm separated like an elevator door
For privacy from my eyes
To finally admit we are born alone
And that your only one's got another robot to take the throne
Heartless of the world deny
The king is dead
Fuck, the king is dead
Heartless with your burning eyes
The king is dead
Fuck, the king is dead
To wade through the virus of your lies
Is to cheat it through death
Is only in my eyes
And the sinking feeling came over me
And it said never again, never again
Never again, never again
The king is dead
I traded my life for art
And the guilt is weighing down my arms
Tell me again what a monster is
Tell me again what a monster is
Tell me again what a monster is
Cause my city dies tonight
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
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