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Murderer

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They're gonna want it all back
They're gonna want it all
Are you a starving man?
They're gonna want it all back
They're gonna want it all
Are you a righteous man?
Throw the witches on the fire
You gonna burn 'em up?
Are you so violent, yeah?
You're gonna want it all back
You're gonna want it all
They're gonna cut your neck
Give me the words you said you liked
You're gonna want it all
Are you a violent man?
We were lovers in July
Then the lightning come
And then it don't come back
You're gonna want it all back
You're gonna want it all
You are a violent man
Throw the witches on the fire
They're gonna cut your neck

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concentric On Aug 25, 2007

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2007-08-25 15:51:55

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by tipoo

15y ago

I'm confused, this song is an instrumental. Where did these lyrics come from?

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by tipoo 15y ago

Nevermind, I'm dumb.

by andbooth

17y ago

The way he repeats the words "you're gonna want it all back" throughout the song really gives the song an eerie feeling. I think this song is about someone's conscience (think little devil on the shoulder) taunting them before they (or shortly after) commit a crime.

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by sum1butno1

17y ago

Or the way society condemns so much, and the feeling that you would be hunted for what you are like because it is condemned as antisocial or abrasive. The guitar makes it really eerie, too, as well as the climactic organ.

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by craiger_12

17y ago

deciding whether or not to end a relationship

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by teufeltje

16y ago

violent is a word that comes back in several songs of wintersleep so i suggest he was beaten by for exemple his dad when he was a kid

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