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lyrics

Don’t stop baby, don’t you ever stop
Up up up, bottom to the top
Nothing here remains, take all that you can take
Enter under cover, leave it in the wake
Visions of war foam from the mouth
Death in the trenches, north eats the south
Skull-faced talkers talking out of turn
Diamonds in the rough just dying to be heard
Justice at the stand where everyone’s a judge
Order in the court wink wink nudge nudge
Kidnap the kiddies, pass around the hat
Sharpen up the fang, learn to chew the fat
Money talks freely, dollars are a will
Silent voice is stupid: tell us what to kill!
Back with the tests. What’re the results?
Clean bill hell, bear no faults

Chorus

Spotlight on, everybody look at me
Show a little something, hide a vacancy
Flex a little muscle, execute the power
All eyes on you - pretty as a flower
Point of the finger: "get down on your knees"
Pointed right back: "I don’t eat that cheese"
Know your own value, forget the rest
Keep it safe in mind; don’t ever take a test
‘Nothing’, so you say, ha ha how ironic
The way you move your lips is practically iconic
Word is the bird and don’t mistake the passion
Cheers to the peers when hatred is in fashion
Fuck fuck baby fuck you too
Kids in the back don’t ever have a clue
Stand up straight, wait for a master
Wait for a number, practice for a camera

Chorus

Figment of the mind behind a false door
There you are behind, pacing round the floor
Duty outside keeping up with the external
Days go by, dying is eternal
Phonically demonic, sonically insane
Thrills of the flesh and tonic for the brain
Groovin' to the beat with all you are on clearance
By the time you’re gone noone knows your disappearance
Loyalty is fun you’re my one true friend
Nothing is forever; blame you in the end
When you’re not looking, what I’ll claim is mine
I, the sole witness, silently divine
Need help now, will it work like it should?
I can’t be good I can’t be good
I just can’t be good I just can’t be good
I swear I really try I swear I really do

Tired and weary, frozen in fear
Everything I do gets reflected in the mirror
But it won’t really help me, noone helps you
Disconnect my head when I’m feeling blue
Everything on time
Everything in line
Wax until it shines
Loneliness is me
Beaten to the knees
Seeking the police
Dust thrown in the wind
Endless till the end

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from EXILES: pt. 1 "Tristia", released January 16, 2015

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