Forked Tongue Kiss

Overkill

Long view on the eye a pocketful a pestilence
Got a fistful of memories, a long-lost innocence
Hey baby, dead baby devil he embracin' you
With a long forked-tongue-kiss
Suckin' all the life from you (Can I get an amen?)

If you need to reach me
I'm breaking one through ten
And if you really need me
Can I get an amen? (Amen!)

Passion on a shoestring gotta get it while it's hot
With a self-centered psychopath givin' a forget-me-not
Rape me, rape me everybody gets in line
With a long forked-tongue-kiss
Sucked away the rest of time (Can I get an amen?)

If you need to reach me
I'm breaking one through ten
And if you really need me
Can I get an amen? (Amen!)

Longview in your eye
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss
Memory in your fist
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss

Lay on down in the bed you made
It's a little too late to cry
Or to be afraid
Driven by the high heat, call it love
Driven by the high heat
Of the velvet glove
Call it free will, call it choice
You know you ain't alone now
There's a second voice
When you're not alone

Longview in your eye
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss
Memory in your fist
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss

Short view on the eye, a pocketful a' pestilence
With a fistful a' memories, a long lost innocence
B-b-b-baby devil he embracin' you
with a long-forked-tongue-kiss
Suckin' all the life from you (Can I get an amen?)

If you need to reach me
I'm breaking one through ten
And if you really need me
Can I get an amen? (Amen!)

If you need to reach me
I'm breaking one through ten
And if you really need me
Can I get an amen? (Amen!)

Longview in your eye
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss
Memory in your fist
Seal it with a kiss, you get the...
Long forked tongue kiss

You get the...
Long forked-tongue-kiss
You get the...
Long forked-tongue-kiss
You get the...
Long forked-tongue-kiss
You get the...
Long forked-tongue-kiss


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    devil's lies and manipulation.

    RichardHarriison January 17, 2009   Link

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