Let me introduce myself
I'm a social disease
I've come for your wealth
And leave you on your knees
No time for feeling sorry
I got here on my own
I won't ask for mercy
I choose to walk alone

Whats yours is mine and whats mine is mine too
If you shake my hand better count your fingers

What if I do get caught?
What if there is no judgement?
If Im right I loose nothing
If your right I loose it all

I ought to get caught
Because I'm doing something wicked
I'm guilty haunted by my fears
And the only consequences
Are dread and the fugitive mind

You built walls to protect you
So no one will infect you
Pursued by thoise out there
That vanish in thin air
Come a long way to find
What you allready left behind
You don't know when the end is
But it's coming fast


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    I think this is being taken a bit too deep. Sort of like Metallica's "Of Wolf And Man" isn't about alcoholism or drug abuse;its just about a werewolf. This song, to me, is outlining what a thief or what a criminal feels in their mind. It outlines their thought processes.

    "What if I do get caught? What if there is no judgement? If I ’m right I lose nothing If you ’re right I lose it all"

    That part of the song is just the way it looks. If the criminal is deemed to be the correct person in a court of law, they don't lose anything, but if they're prosecuted and say, sent to jail, they lose everything.

    Daexon June 27, 2006   Link

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