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It Won't Be Long Lyrics
Something something.
Subdued by sleep, we hate to wake up.
He loved and counted his kills, divided the dead,
And suddenly stopped.
Prompted by the heat of July,
The sweat on his skin beaded and fell.
He never prayed a day in his life...
This man was the pawn when you've been promised to hell.
There's something to be said for the crowd,
Which gathered and grew and erupted into song.
He smiled, as he toyed with the news, and took up their words.
It won't be long.
The tune collapsed, and the mob ceased their song...
Confused and in awe of the monster trained to sing.
The hangman tightened up and leaned in,
And offered the man a chance to speak before he'd swing.
He cried out:
"Man is not supposed to make mistakes. (wrong)
But for every man who cries and begs for time enough to breathe.
You'll find a million more monsters like me.
Who'll lick your world and laugh when we live."
Then the trap door released.
Oh, it won't be long.
Subdued by sleep, we hate to wake up.
He loved and counted his kills, divided the dead,
And suddenly stopped.
The sweat on his skin beaded and fell.
He never prayed a day in his life...
This man was the pawn when you've been promised to hell.
Which gathered and grew and erupted into song.
He smiled, as he toyed with the news, and took up their words.
It won't be long.
Confused and in awe of the monster trained to sing.
The hangman tightened up and leaned in,
And offered the man a chance to speak before he'd swing.
He cried out:
"Man is not supposed to make mistakes. (wrong)
But for every man who cries and begs for time enough to breathe.
You'll find a million more monsters like me.
Who'll lick your world and laugh when we live."
Then the trap door released.
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Are you guys all retarded?
"You'll find a million more monsters like me. Who'll lick your world and laugh when we live."
That doesn't mean ANYTHING at all?
NONE OF YOU HAVE THE LYRICS CORRECTLY. THESE ARE THE LYRICS FROM THE BOOKLET.
He'd kept his craft confined to the night. We're subdued by sleep. We hate to wake up. He catalogued and counted his kills - divided the dead - and suddenly stopped. Prompted by the heat of July, the sweat on his skin beaded and fell. He'd never prayed a day in his life because, man, what's the point when you've been promised to hell? There's something to be said for the crowd which gathered and grew and erupted into song. He smiled as he toyed with the noose and took up their words: "Oh, It won't be long." The tune collapsed and the mob ceased their song. Confused and in awe of a monster trained to sing. The hangman tightened up and leaned in and offered the man a chance to speak before he'd swing. He cried out: "Men and monsters both make mistakes, but for every man who cries or begs for time enough to grieve you'll find a million more monsters like me who will lick our wounds and laugh when we leave." And then the trapdoor released.
Still haven't figured out the first line, sounds like "He kept his craft and something" I think instead of "news" it's "noose" and "Man and monsters both make mistakes" instead of "Man is not supposed..."
I believe it's:
"He never prayed a day in his life Because man, what's the point when you've been promised to hell?"
I believe it's:
"He never prayed a day in his life Because man, what's the point when you've been promised to hell?"
he kept his craft confined to the night. Subdued by sleep, we hate to wake up. He cataloged and counted his kills, divided the dead, And suddenly stopped.
Prompted by the heat of July, The sweat on his skin beaded and fell. He never prayed a day in his life... This man whats the point when you've been promised to hell.
There's something to be said for the crowd, Which gathered and grew and erupted into song. He smiled, as he toyed with the noose, and took up their words.
Oh it won't be long. Ohh it won't be long. Ohh it won't be long. Ohh it won't be long.
The tune collapsed, and the mob ceased their song... Confused and in awe of the monster trained to sing. The hangman tightened up and leaned in, And offered the man a chance to speak before he'd swing. He cried out: "Man and monsters both make mistakes. But for every man who cries and begs for time enough to breathe, you'll find a million more monsters like me. Who'll lick your world and laugh when we live." Then the trap door released.
Oh, it won't be long.
"this man whats the point when you've been promised to hell" was suppose to be "cause man whats the point when you've been promised to hell"
And i can't believe how bad BNO have let themselves become, from well thought out lyrics and incredible songs.. into some mainstream band.. it hurts..
what a great song to end the album with. BNO are still going great i'd say...each album they grow and change their music...
Okay, here are the lyrics from the book:
He'd kept his craft confined to the night We're subdued by sleep We hate to wake up He catalogued and counted his kills Divided the dead And suddenly stopped
Prompted by the heat of July, the sweat on his skin beaded and fell He'd never prayed a day in his life because, man what's the point when you've been promised to Hell?
There's something to be said for the crowd, which gathered and grew and erupted into song He smiled as he toye with the noose and took up their words:
"Oh, It won't be long."
The tune collapsed and the mob ceased their song, confused and in awe of a monster trained to sing The hangman tightened up and leaned in and offered the man a chance to speak before he'd swing
He cried out:
"Men and monsters both make mistakes, But for every man who cries or begs for time enough to grieve, you'll find a million more monsters like me who will like our wounds and laugh when we leave."
And then the trapdoor released.
really this song sounds like the murder/ monster has been caught and being hung and is taunting the crowd watching saying that there are a lot more monsters in the world
Well since all of these lyrics are sooooo wrong !
which make me so mad because this song is amazing, if you really listen to the real lyrics its talking about a monster who had basicly been forced into a life of murder hence, "he never prayed a day in his life but man whats the point when you've been promised to hell", then when hes standing before the crowd about to be hung "He Cried out: Man and monsters both make mistakes"
BNO is just filled with amazing and extremely smart people .