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OH MODERN WORLD

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OH MODERN WORLD Lyrics

oh modern world, you've got me down

you've sucked the soul out of this sound

you've given every crook a crown

and silenced songs you couldn't drown

oh modern world, I can't keep time

I'm falling behind every line

I'm forcing my words into rhymes

with meanings that were never mine

but fuck the water in my lungs

I call fascism: fascism

a world war for the cultured class

a gang rape billed as a formal dance

hey hey hey humanist

your holy grail is a cup of piss

verse chorus verse chorus verse

we're holy ghosts on a gangrene earth

your holy grail is a cup of piss

Submitted by

laurelinwyntre On Jan 12, 2009

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DESTROY WHAT DESTROYS YOU

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THE SHAPE OF SCUM TO COME

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NO FUTURE (THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE)

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THE DREAM HOMES OF INSOMNIACS

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U.S. OUT OF NEW ENGLAND

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2009-01-12 05:14:44

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