Running under cover of the moonlight
Shadow death row. At the night we're
Running wild with no hope for tomorrow
No tomorrow

As we're walking through the fire,
That burns within us all. If ya want to take
A glance to the blaze of pain, you'll never
Be the same.

You want to get closer and get a taste
Of death? I know ya want to fuck me down
Til' I'm bleeding red. I couldn't care less,
I'll end up rotting in mud, so c'mon mothafucka
And gimme yer best shot.

You really thought you'd see through what
I am and what I need, we are children of
Rebellion, we'll fight, we'll bleed.
Don't try to come to preach over us and
Over me, we're children of decadence, we're
Right, we're real, we will fight, we'll bleed,
We're mothafucking dying breed, we're dying...

All wrecked and fucked I wonder if this is the way
I'm supposed to go. But that is all I ever got, that
Is all I'll ever get, so I just let it go.


Lyrics submitted by lost.in.silence

Children of Decadence Lyrics as written by Alexander Kuoppala Aleksi Laiho

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    the lead guitar in this is amazing

    thereisnoiinteamon March 28, 2005   Link

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