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Backwards, backwards
The world ended a long time ago (repeated)
It's moving backwards
It's moving backwards
It's moving backwards
Backwards, backwards
It's moving backwards
Backwards, backwards
Fuck me from behind
Fuck me from behind
Fuck me in reverse
Fuck me in reverse
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
Everything, everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fucking incapable of normal emotions
Fucking incapable of normal emotions
Fucking incapable of normal emotions
Fucking incapable of normal emotions
Everything's backwards (repeated)
In fear, when false evidence appears
Real false evidence appears
Real false evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
It's all backwards (repeated)

Fuck me from behind
Fuck me from behind
Fuck me in reverse
Fuck me in reverse
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine
I'm fine, I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine
It's just it's all backwards
Backwards in the backwoods
In the backwoods
??? backwoods
Everything's black squids
Everything's black squid
Everything's black squid

[Think I'm?] backwards
Everything's backwards (repeated)
Living [around?] the wrong way round
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards

I'm fine
I'm fine
With false evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
Everything's backwards (repeated)

We're backwards

Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards-aah
With false evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
False evidence appearing real
Everything's backwards
Everything's backwards

???
Everything's black squids (repeated)

Everything's backwards (repeated)

The world's turned upside down (repeated)
Everything's backwards
The world's turned upside down
Oh, the world's turned upside down

Hornet, wasp or hoverfly
Even the birds have their lullaby
All hummingbirds must die
All hummingbirds must die
I want you, I need you, but I can't find you
I need a killer to take my pain away
I need a killer to take my pain away
And Christ on a bike with carpet burns keeps falling to his knees
In United States of American death
??? pollinating disease
And when I reach the station in the heaven of glass
I'll say a little prayer for you
And when I reach the station in the heaven of glass
I'll say a little prayer for you

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knackster On May 25, 2010

Love's Secret Domain

Tattooed Man

Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)

Where Are You?

Ostia (The Death Of Pasolini)

Backwards, backwards 
The world ended a long time ago (repeated) 
It's moving backwards 
It's moving backwards 
It's moving backwards 
Backwards, backwards 
It's moving backwards 
Backwards, backwards 
Fuck me from behind 
Fuck me from behind 
Fuck me in reverse 
Fuck me in reverse 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
Everything, everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
I'm fine 
I'm fine 
I'm fucking incapable of normal emotions 
Fucking incapable of normal emotions 
Fucking incapable of normal emotions 
Fucking incapable of normal emotions 
Everything's backwards (repeated) 
In fear, when false evidence appears 
Real false evidence appears 
Real false evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
It's all backwards (repeated)

Fuck me from behind 
Fuck me from behind 
Fuck me in reverse 
Fuck me in reverse 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
I'm fine 
I'm fine 
I'm fine 
I'm fine 
I'm fine, I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine 
It's just it's all backwards 
Backwards in the backwoods 
In the backwoods 
??? backwoods 
Everything's black squids 
Everything's black squid 
Everything's black squid

[Think I'm?] backwards 
Everything's backwards (repeated) 
Living [around?] the wrong way round 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards

I'm fine 
I'm fine 
With false evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
Everything's backwards (repeated)

We're backwards

Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards-aah 
With false evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
False evidence appearing real 
Everything's backwards 
Everything's backwards

??? 
Everything's black squids (repeated)

Everything's backwards (repeated)

The world's turned upside down (repeated) 
Everything's backwards 
The world's turned upside down 
Oh, the world's turned upside down

Hornet, wasp or hoverfly 
Even the birds have their lullaby 
All hummingbirds must die 
All hummingbirds must die 
I want you, I need you, but I can't find you 
I need a killer to take my pain away 
I need a killer to take my pain away 
And Christ on a bike with carpet burns keeps falling to his knees 
In United States of American death 
??? pollinating disease 
And when I reach the station in the heaven of glass 
I'll say a little prayer for you 
And when I reach the station in the heaven of glass 
I'll say a little prayer for you

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2010-05-25 10:51:30

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by filtinator

10y ago

Everything is backwards. F.E.A.R. Normal is perverse.... this song is a dwelling of the states of affairs according to one's worldview perspective. To make sense of things is the ultimate connection between the mind/soul and everything else. That i,s consciousness is primarily seeking meaning but when one is confronted in a challenging situation where preconceived meaning is ultimately challenged, the walls of cognitive dissonance rot away. At that point, the conscious being is afflicted with an altered state.

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