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Circles of Mania

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Circles of Mania Lyrics

Next on stage, children, here's Joey

Nero's long hot tongue
Nero's long hot tongue licks

This is the sound of the world turning round
The underground
This is the sound of the world turning round
Of the world spinning round

You get eaten alive by the perfect lover
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover

I fell into a burning ring
A burning ring of knives
And the knives slide in
They slide deep into my skin
And they open me so wide
That you stick your head inside
You stick your head inside
You get sewn inside alive
You get eaten alive
You get eaten alive
You get eaten alive
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover
You get eaten alive
When you've swallowed one you just swallow another
When you've swallowed one you just swallow another
To drive away this hunger
You stay in there forever
Caught in the centre of a
Circle of mania
Chemical angel enters arena
Toro d'Or falls to the floor
Falls to the floor
Falls to the floor
And he's fucking the floor, fucking the ground
Fucking the ground
Fucking the ground
The hole in the ground
The hole in the ground

And hot wires sing deep in my skin
I'm writhing, perspiring like Dutch Schultz at 106 degrees
And I wake up licking
I wake up licking the bedsheets clean
Licking and sucking and sucking
And licking and sucking

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knackster On May 25, 2010

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Next on stage, children, here's Joey

Nero's long hot tongue 
Nero's long hot tongue licks

This is the sound of the world turning round 
The underground 
This is the sound of the world turning round 
Of the world spinning round

You get eaten alive by the perfect lover 
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover 
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover

I fell into a burning ring 
A burning ring of knives 
And the knives slide in 
They slide deep into my skin 
And they open me so wide 
That you stick your head inside 
You stick your head inside 
You get sewn inside alive 
You get eaten alive 
You get eaten alive 
You get eaten alive 
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover 
You get eaten alive by the perfect lover 
You get eaten alive 
When you've swallowed one you just swallow another 
When you've swallowed one you just swallow another 
To drive away this hunger 
You stay in there forever 
Caught in the centre of a 
Circle of mania 
Chemical angel enters arena 
Toro d'Or falls to the floor 
Falls to the floor 
Falls to the floor 
And he's fucking the floor, fucking the ground 
Fucking the ground 
Fucking the ground 
The hole in the ground 
The hole in the ground

And hot wires sing deep in my skin 
I'm writhing, perspiring like Dutch Schultz at 106 degrees 
And I wake up licking 
I wake up licking the bedsheets clean 
Licking and sucking and sucking 
And licking and sucking

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by autoerratica

9y ago

William Burroughs on Dutch Schultz:

"You don’t know about the last words of Dutch Schultz? You obviously don’t know. They had a stenographer at his bedside in the hospital taking down everything he said. These cops are sitting around asking him questions, sending out for sandwiches, it went on for 24 hours. He’s saying things like, “A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim,” and the cops are saying, “C’mon, don’t give us that. Who shot ya?” It’s incredible. Gertrude Stein said that he outdid her. Gertrude really liked Dutch Schultz."

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by autoerratica 9y ago

He had a 106 degree fever at the time, BTW.

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