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Albert Speer

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We have faced despair
and found a river there
we have faced despair
and found a river there
we have sucked the fruit of disease
and found that it tasted sweet
like meat gone bad

sleep warmly under columns of light
sleep warmly under columns of light
sleep warmly under columns of light
sleep with the fishes tonight

all alone in this recluse car
became afraid of what we are
and what we might not be
in the land of the free

land of the free
land of the free
land of the free
land of the free

smell the ripe overripe budding America
a sweetfaced straightlaced pornographic actress
that's her draw -
no one can believe she'd appear in this smut
her face smiling perfect through innocent teeth
unaware of the debauchery beneath
smiling innocent through perfect teeth
unaware of the wolves running
wild in her streets
in the land of the free

land of the free
land of the free
land of the free

get em up get em
down on their knees
all praise to Allah
who provides what we need
a Swiss precision suicide machine
Jesus Christ
Soul on Ice
sleep with the mother fuckin
fishes tonight

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mopnugget On Dec 03, 2001

Golgotha Tenement Blues

Butterfly Wings

Perfect Tan (bikini Atoll)

Richest Junkie Still Alive

Kiss Destroyer

We have faced despair 
and found a river there 
we have faced despair 
and found a river there 
we have sucked the fruit of disease 
and found that it tasted sweet 
like meat gone bad

sleep warmly under columns of light 
sleep warmly under columns of light 
sleep warmly under columns of light 
sleep with the fishes tonight

all alone in this recluse car 
became afraid of what we are 
and what we might not be 
in the land of the free

land of the free 
land of the free 
land of the free 
land of the free

smell the ripe overripe budding America 
a sweetfaced straightlaced pornographic actress 
that's her draw - 
no one can believe she'd appear in this smut 
her face smiling perfect through innocent teeth 
unaware of the debauchery beneath 
smiling innocent through perfect teeth 
unaware of the wolves running 
wild in her streets 
in the land of the free

land of the free 
land of the free 
land of the free

get em up get em 
down on their knees 
all praise to Allah 
who provides what we need 
a Swiss precision suicide machine 
Jesus Christ 
Soul on Ice 
sleep with the mother fuckin 
fishes tonight

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2001-12-03 22:22:39

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by Snake Doctor

18y ago

Well, this is pretty obvious. The song is about Albert Speer, the famous Nazi city-planner/architect that pleaded guilty to using slave labor during the Nuremberg Trial. He is said to be Hitler's only friend and the only Nazi to openly admit he knew of what was happening to the Jews. However, he purposely blinded himself with his obsession to build and chose to ignore what was happening. This along with his relationship with Hitler made him somewhat reclusive. He only served 20 years in jail and later wrote a huge seller "Inside the Third Reich". Amazing that these guys wrote a song about this strange figure

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