its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Hate and laughter, go hand in hand when pointed at you,
An abyss, endless, so turn to the place I followed you to
The fall, the hit, the break
That started this hate
This end, this existence blinding me
In the eyes of god I've died
Washed away with the rain
I have lived 1,000 lies
Killed away all the pain
Bombs and knives conscribe the days ahead
Still in the end I die
I have lived 1,000 lies
Killed away all the pain
Down and tortured, tear out the fake
you poisoned me through
Now it's black and nothing
Got all the scrapes that brought me to you
The answers of the questions
I'm swimming through shit
And piss that is you, you're the rape
You're the plague, you're the pit
You're the shit that was made from this rape
You're the shit that was made from this
An abyss, endless, so turn to the place I followed you to
The fall, the hit, the break
That started this hate
This end, this existence blinding me
In the eyes of god I've died
Washed away with the rain
I have lived 1,000 lies
Killed away all the pain
Bombs and knives conscribe the days ahead
Still in the end I die
I have lived 1,000 lies
Killed away all the pain
Down and tortured, tear out the fake
you poisoned me through
Now it's black and nothing
Got all the scrapes that brought me to you
The answers of the questions
I'm swimming through shit
And piss that is you, you're the rape
You're the plague, you're the pit
You're the shit that was made from this rape
You're the shit that was made from this
Lyrics submitted by Brujeria6SixSeis, edited by Ian Equinox
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wow... first comment... O.o ... great song... i wanted to see the meanings for this awesome song... I didn't know that no one did not commented this... O.O