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Power Underneath Despair Lyrics
You boys are surprised to see me
Never thought I’d get out of jail
Took eight long years to spring me
And two hours to ride the rail
Took only thirty minutes to find you
Asking every snake slithering the street
“Where’s the man with the golden tattoo?
The man who let me take the heat?”
You’re surprised in your neon lair
By the power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a power
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a power
Power underneath Yeah the
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a power
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
In solitary for two steel years
Thought of you sixty times an hour
Fighting madness and fighting despair
Digging the hidden power
Thought about you in the yard
When your punk slipped me the blade
Thought about you in the hospital ward
When I gave it back to him in trade
And my smile is the last sight you’ll see
As you feel the power from inside of me
Power underneath
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a power
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a power
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Never thought I’d get out of jail
Took eight long years to spring me
And two hours to ride the rail
Asking every snake slithering the street
“Where’s the man with the golden tattoo?
The man who let me take the heat?”
By the power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath Yeah the
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Thought of you sixty times an hour
Fighting madness and fighting despair
Digging the hidden power
When your punk slipped me the blade
Thought about you in the hospital ward
When I gave it back to him in trade
As you feel the power from inside of me
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath There’s a
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
Power underneath
Power underneath despair
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It most surely tells the story of the protagonist seeking his revenge for being made to take a fall by \'the man with the golden tattoo\'. And successfully taking said revenge. \nAnd through this story, it talks of a deeper philosophical truth: That what is suppressed or sublimated grows in strength, as it is fixated on overcoming what holds it back, using what makes you mad to drive you with its raw energy and power.\n Or, rather, when you feel everything you cared about has been taken away from you, and you have nothing else to live for, then you become a true danger and threat. That at your lowest point is where you will find the power to rise, like the tale of the phoenix...out of the ashes.
A story of a guy betrayed into jail by some gangsters, and his revenge.
What you gonna do when you get out of jail? I'm gonna have some fun What do you consider fun?
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