You know what to do
You know what I did
Since you know everything, just clue me in
I am such a wreck
I am such a mess
I know what I know
Why don't you fill in the rest?
I will bring it down
I will make it bad
While you're feeling proud
Why don't you help me?

Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations, revelations

You know what to say
You know what I said
You know what I dream sleeping in my bed
You hold all the keys
You know all the rules
Why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul?
I'm spinning around
I will make you ill
Since I'm so broken down, why don't you fix me?

Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations

I am haunted when I am sleeping
Try to give without receiving
It's in the apple bite
It's in the days and nights
In the afterlife we'll reap

Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations

Such a shame, such a shame
That I wouldn't know by now
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations, revelations


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    This song is about the oppressive regime of the GOP/Democratic parties and the bullshit they spew on the American public

    I believe in Democracy and freedom. I voted for the black man who said he would change shit. He hasn't done a god damn thing.

    It's like a bad south park episode come true. And all his supporters cling tight.

    a. if you vote for the other you will be blown up by terrorists b. we give you health care by ensuring the monopoly by law (don't worry the people we reach out to don't understand the issue they will wake up and say i think he's got a good plan)

    shit i think that goes for both sides

    and there goes my chance at politics

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