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Stickman (Alternate) Lyrics
I sit here shooting blanks out at emptiness
Ain't nothing I really wanna kill, maybe time I guess
I sit and spin the world on its flip side
And listen backwards for meaning
Cause I'm a stick man
I live with one dimension dead
And try not to think too many moves ahead
I draw from memory, the stillest kind of life
Cut slide after slide, mental pain's the sharpest knife
Project what's done so every thing's in face
To me, they're color reversals
And I'm a stickman in frames that go one by one
If I sped it up, you'd see I'm on the run
From some monster off screen
Killing sons
Lonely makes me blue
Envy turns me green
Hate might paint me red
If I load my magazine
But not just now when it's easy to stay clean
And no one sees where I'm bleeding
I'm a stickman in black, and everything is clear
Empty in fact, but for the fact I'm here
Loading my blanks to make a silent sound
Some make me smile, that make the cruel clown
Who drew me this way frown
Ain't nothing I really wanna kill, maybe time I guess
I sit and spin the world on its flip side
And listen backwards for meaning
I live with one dimension dead
And try not to think too many moves ahead
Cut slide after slide, mental pain's the sharpest knife
Project what's done so every thing's in face
To me, they're color reversals
If I sped it up, you'd see I'm on the run
From some monster off screen
Killing sons
Envy turns me green
Hate might paint me red
If I load my magazine
But not just now when it's easy to stay clean
And no one sees where I'm bleeding
Empty in fact, but for the fact I'm here
Loading my blanks to make a silent sound
Some make me smile, that make the cruel clown
Who drew me this way frown
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Submitted by
dmv666 On Dec 08, 2007
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I prefer this version to the original. best lines
lonely makes me blue envy turns me green hate might paint my magazine