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Cover art for Hang The Cyst lyrics by Last Shadow Puppets, The

"Cyst" was a big criminal in the Dark Ages. He was sentenced to death. The town who was watching starts to sing "Hang the cyst". But when he would just be executed, he escaped ("He escaped in the shock of the snap. His wonderful vanishing act was a spectacle, but not what anyone expected.") very quickly and then the music ends with the whole town singing "Catch the cyst".

His nickname was Cyst because he only causes trouble to the city, like a cancer causes problems for the individual.

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