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Rebel Without Applause Lyrics

Sound the bells and take to the streets in arms.
We're descending fast, a pox on your house of cards.
Dry your eyes, your daughters have lost their faith and started feeding upon the bait that we wear on our sleeve.

Promise us you won't tell the public the fury with which we despoil.
I've got a wife and kids and a hybrid car. I've got a good life and I can't risk losing.

If you can keep it a secret then me and the boys will bring pale hell to this town.
We're trouble bound and we summon the devil electric.

Prey on the faint of heart.
We sing praises of the rebels who went by the book.

Gravitate to teenagers artlessness and sing it aloud.
The content is trivial. Its pillow talk is plagiarized by the gadgets of lust.
Just go to sleep, leave the gestures and customs to us.

Cry fraud and let play the anthem of war.
Cry fraud and let play the anthem of war.

Boys stand your ground.
Keep the delicate fingers but wrath in your white knuckled grip.
The film is loaded and it's aimed at the whites in their eyes.

You put out to get in.
And we slipped right past the guards in the belly of a horse.
Where we sunk our fangs into the pulp of a desperate angst. We're powerless just until we're invited inside.

If you can keep it a secret then me and the boys will bring pale hell to this town.
We're trouble bound and we summon the devil electric.

Prey on the faint of heart. We owe thanks to the rebels who went by the book.

Don't give up the ship!
Don't give up the ship!
We'd rather sink than admit it!
Don't give up the ship!
We only have one night in town!
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stoxed On Sep 24, 2007
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Cover art for Rebel Without Applause lyrics by Every Time I Die

"Rebels without applause. I sell my shadow to those who are standing in it" -the song Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery by Marilyn Manson

...Which is in itself a play on the title of the famous movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause

Cry fraud and let play the anthem of war. "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" is a line in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare

The film is loaded and it's aimed at the whites in their eyes. "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" was shouted out at the: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

And we slipped right past the guards in the belly of a horse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Horse

"We're powerless just until we're invited inside" An old vampire rumor is that they can not harm you unless you invite them in.

If you can keep it a secret then me and the boys will bring pale hell to this town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Comes_to_Frogtown maybe?

We're trouble bound and we summon the devil electric. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Electric

Or maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sing_the_Body_Electric_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29

 
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