Cheap night out on the wrong side of town
A leper blonde bombshell in a hospital gown
One last drink, you swear she'd drown
But it's back for more, no halo no crown
Outside lies a dead dog in the street
Dripping from the heat
Three cops on their beat
Alleys filled with blood
Narrow, dark, and bleak
That's where we meet
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
It's a long descent down turning smiles into frowns
You took me out of sight, consumed my flesh by the pound
Some would pass out at the thrill of the sound
But I'm back for more, rightly pissed tightly wound
In the closet lies a skeleton old and weak
Rotting smell of defeat, children bound to a leash
I won't run, I won't flee
You won't bury me
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
And after all of this time
I watch you build
You watch me die
But here's the difference between you and me:
You play to win, I play for keeps
When that cheap night out becomes the best that you've found
Turn your gaze inward, kill that voice it's so loud
Beneath dirt, taking secrets to their graves
It's no way to behave, but better than waiting to be saved
Overhead angels fall from grace
Once pure wings caked in ash and soot from the flame
Demon fire, eternal rage
Locked me in that cage
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
This isn't learned, it's earned
Digging dirt, planting seeds
You yearn, you burn
Filthy ash, lengthy weeds
So the servant told the prince to lie on the bed
A lovely high bed with a golden bedspread
And the servant told the prince to close his eyes and go to sleep
Sleep, deep sleep
Suddenly all he wanted to do was sleep forever and ever
He could feel the servant using the peacock feather to touch him
But he didn't want to move
He just wanted to sleep forever because he was so tired
He didn't want to move anymore
I think god is a woman
A woman with a peacock headdress
Who gave her only son...
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