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Cities In Dust
04:12
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Water was running children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares shrine?
But oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh, oh your city lies in dust, my friend
We found you hiding we found you lying
Choking on the dirt and sand
Your former glories and all the stories
Dragged and washed with eager hands
But, oh oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Your city lies in dust
Water was running children were running
We found you hiding we found you lying
Water was running children were running
We found you hiding we found you lying
Your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Hot and burning in your nostrils
Pouring down your gaping mouth
Your molten bodies blanket of cinders
Caught in the throes
Oh oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh your city lies in dust, my friend
Your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh your city lies in dust, my friend
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I try to maintain
A victim of my own lucidity
And when I try to stay sane
All the madness just crawls right out of me
When I throw on the light
My body in relief, it’s clinical
A corpse dying of fright
The movement in the mirror is minimal
Bet you never thought that this would kill that
Bet you never thought, bet you never thought
I never thought
You’re trying to do what?
Make this one kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
To focus is hard
For lips that never move to communicate
And I’m always on guard
The object of the force to terminate
It’s a throw away life
My body and my thoughts just vaporize
And I’m covered in bites
By a madness that remains still weaponized
A maze that’s mine
A blade so fine
Bet you never thought, bet you never, never, never thought.
Bet you never thought, I never thought, I never thought.
This will kill that
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
Bet you never thought that this would kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
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Shut your fucking mouth and keep your hands where I can see them
Do exactly what I say and this will all be over soon
If you value your life and the lives of those around you
Put the money in the bag and we all just walk away
But if you think that you’re a hero, let me offer this advice
It’s hard to be a hero with a hole between your eyes
Joy Thieves
A hole between your eyes
Joy Thieves
No one has to die
Stay face down on the ground
Don’t make a fucking sound
Stay face down on the ground
Don’t make a fucking sound
Ladies and gentlemen, in this unlikely scenario…I am the alpha male
I’ll take everything you have
Now just put it in the bag
I am the alpha male
I am the alpha male
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The buzzing in the tips of my fingers
And the tickling in my tongue
The streaks of lightning beneath my eyelids
And vibrations in my lungs
The swollen bumps that throb and pulsate
And seep fluids down my face
The woven threads that conceal the larva
That live only to debase
They let me know there will be no resting
They let me know they will never cease
They let me know that they’ve started nesting
They let me know there will be no peace
Earth is coming back for me
Honeycomb and silk are all I see
Earth is coming back through me
What once was me is hollow
I don’t belong to me
I don’t belong to me
Diseased worms wriggle from my fingers
Squirming bumps beneath the skin
All the sores chewed into my eyelids
And the botflies held within
They let me know that they’re now ingesting
All the nutrients meant for me
They let me know that they’re manifesting
And taking over inside of me
Earth is coming back for me
Honeycomb and silk are all I see
Earth is coming back through me
What once was me is hollow
I don’t belong to me
I don’t belong to me
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Shut your fucking mouth and keep your hands where I can see them
Do exactly what I say and this will all be over soon
If you value your life and the lives of those around you
Put the money in the bag and we all just walk away
But if you think that you’re a hero, let me offer this advice
It’s hard to be a hero with a hole between your eyes
Joy Thieves
A hole between your eyes
Joy Thieves
No one has to die
Stay face down on the ground
Don’t make a fucking sound
Stay face down on the ground
Don’t make a fucking sound
Ladies and gentlemen, in this unlikely scenario…I am the alpha male
I’ll take everything you have
Now just put it in the bag
I am the alpha male
I am the alpha male
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I try to maintain
A victim of my own lucidity
And when I try to stay sane
All the madness just crawls right out of me
When I throw on the light
My body in relief, it’s clinical
A corpse dying of fright
The movement in the mirror is minimal
Bet you never thought that this would kill that
Bet you never thought, bet you never thought
I never thought
You’re trying to do what?
Make this one kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
To focus is hard
For lips that never move to communicate
And I’m always on guard
The object of the force to terminate
It’s a throw away life
My body and my thoughts just vaporize
And I’m covered in bites
By a madness that remains still weaponized
A maze that’s mine
A blade so fine
Bet you never thought, bet you never, never, never thought.
Bet you never thought, I never thought, I never thought.
This will kill that
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
This will kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
Bet you never thought that this would kill that
Trying to do what you were always scared of
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The Joy Thieves Chicago, Illinois
The Joy Thieves is an ever-expanding industrial/punk/hard rock collective that includes current, former, and touring members of bands such as Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Pigface, RevCo, PIG, David Bowie, Machines of Loving Grace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, and more. ... more
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