Pretty Suicide

Eighteen Visions

Three days gone by in the desert
I've broken down on the side of the road
The cops drive by and the dust starts rollin'
Will I ever find my way back home?

Beaten down, I can't stand up now
I see it all flash before my eyes
Beaten down, can I give up?
'Cause it's only three more days 'til I die

I'm highway bound for
Another pretty suicide
I'm highway bound and
I don't know where I'm going

I see a face but I can't decide now
If it's real or just in my mind
I see a face, and it says with a smile
"Welcome to hell, 'cause this is where you'll die"

I'm highway bound for
Another pretty suicide
I'm highway bound now
I can't drive

I'm highway bound for
Another pretty suicide
I'm highway bound and
I don't know where I'm going

I don't know where I'm going

Bleed, let me bleed,
Until there's no more life left, left in me

Bleed, (bleed) let me bleed (bleed)
Now this love is gone, so just bury me
Bleed, (bleed) I said bleed, (bleed)
Now this love is gone, so just bury me

I'm highway bound for
Another pretty suicide
I'm highway bound now
I can't drive

I'm highway bound for
Another pretty suicide
I'm highway bound and
I don't know where I'm going

Bleed, bleed, bleed, bleed

Bleed, (bleed) let me bleed, (bleed)
Until there's no more life left, left in me

Bleed, (bleed) let me bleed (bleed)
Now this love is gone, so just bury me
Bleed, (bleed) I said bleed, (bleed)
Now this love is gone, so just bury me

Bleed, bleed, bleed,
I don't know but I'm going
Bleed, bleed, bleed,
I don't where I'm going
Bleed, bleed, bleed,
I don't know but I'm going

I don't where I'm going
I don't know but I'm going
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    This song was based off the book/movie Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. If you read or saw it..it seems pretty similar. It's been a few months since I read it but I remeber me connecting the two before.

    "Three days gone by in the desert I've broken down on the side of the road The cops drive by and the dust starts rollin' Will I ever find my way back home?"

    The main characters were driving down a highway in Las Vagas for a good portion of the book, had at least occurance with cops, and Thompson wasn't sure if he would make it through the trip.

    "I see a face but I can't decide now If it's real or just in my mind I see a face, and it says with a smile "Welcome to hell, 'cause this is where you'll die"

    The first two lyrics are about the drug trips they were on in the book and second is about one of the hallucinations they were having.

    tortillaxpieon May 17, 2007   Link

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