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In Cold Blood

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Something's wrong with me.

From my perch these mountains rise like razors
Against the slow weight of the night
These little lights burn like riot fires
Along the jagged walls
Somewhere out there, a fresh face is cutting lines
On a heated blade, heated blade
Somewhere out there she just sacrificed her life

Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame

It tastes like suicide, a sweet death I can't deny

From my perch these broken birds are calling
Singing their siren song
They mesmerize
I forget to fly
Somewhere out there I just sacrificed my life

We roam the night like wild animals
We chew into passive mammals
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
My fingertips touch her lips
To quiet the sins she commits
In cold blood!
In cold blood!

It tastes like suicide

A sweet death I can't deny

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eternaltearsofsorrow On Feb 28, 2018

Something's wrong with me.

It tastes like suicide, a sweet death I can't deny

From my perch these broken birds are calling
Singing their siren song
They mesmerize
I forget to fly
Somewhere out there I just sacrificed my life

We roam the night like wild animals
We chew into passive mammals
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
My fingertips touch her lips
To quiet the sins she commits
In cold blood!
In cold blood!

It tastes like suicide

A sweet death I can't deny

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2018-02-28 00:18:05

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by EternalTearsOfSorrow MOD

8y ago

This song I believe is describing drug addiction & the effects it can have on the addicted as well as the people who love them. The song describes also drug addiction's effects on the world in general and the chaos it unleashes (how it can turn addicts into animals). Lyrics also entail how drug addiction can lead to murder & even suicide.The song also talks about how the person in love with an addict may be in denial that anything is wrong with them and how dangerous that can be.

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