Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
And she's a killer
And she's a keeper...
[Verse 1]
Am I blurry
In your vision
Was I just
A poor decision
Cut me open
With precision
& we'll finger
The incision
Tell me what have I done
(quid pro quo)
To watch you lose
Control
(tunnel)
I will give you sanctuary
In these hymns of Thanatos...
I will give you sanctuary!
[Verse 2]
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
Shapeless vengeance!
(tunnel)
We are the 1000 children of death.
We're in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonists
I'm in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonist!
I'll split you open
& climb inside
Lose myself
Eaten alive
We are the 1000 children of death!
From seraphim!
To nephilim!
To exodus!
[Verse 3]
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's clipping the wings
Of fallen angels!
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's tonguing splinters
Of broken halos!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
[Bridge]
From gelatin
To specimen
To emptiness
I will be avenged
I will be avenged
These are the secrets
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
We are the 1000 children of death
And she's a keeper...
[Verse 1]
Am I blurry
In your vision
Was I just
A poor decision
Cut me open
With precision
& we'll finger
The incision
Tell me what have I done
(quid pro quo)
To watch you lose
Control
(tunnel)
I will give you sanctuary
In these hymns of Thanatos...
I will give you sanctuary!
[Verse 2]
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You want to
See me burn
I am living fire!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
Shapeless vengeance!
(tunnel)
We are the 1000 children of death.
We're in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonists
I'm in-between, on the fence
Non-descript antagonist!
I'll split you open
& climb inside
Lose myself
Eaten alive
We are the 1000 children of death!
From seraphim!
To nephilim!
To exodus!
[Verse 3]
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's clipping the wings
Of fallen angels!
She's picking ghostflowers
From her soul
She's tonguing splinters
Of broken halos!
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
By the hate I swear
You will know me
By the scars I bare
You will know me
[Bridge]
From gelatin
To specimen
To emptiness
I will be avenged
I will be avenged
These are the secrets
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
That kill, that kill
We are the 1000 children of death
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Exactly what I thought Shenkuu.