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thekillers

from Daedalus' Dolls by woodforthetrees

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They called me KILLER.
They gave me a T-shirt and said, ‘You should wear this. SINNER.’
They couldn't understand, so they said,
‘Ten years in the slammer,’ but I told my mamma,
‘I’ll keep me living. Behind the poster on my wall, keep chiseling.
Growl like a dog at my chicken, keep cleaning
And when Jupiter eclipses the bottle - Thank Jesus Christ.’

But everything's red when I go to bed.
Everything's read in the press.
You don't wanna know what they've said.
You don't wanna know what they've said about me.

Look people, look close.
'Cause the next time you'll see me I'll be a ghost.

They offered me £500
To take seven photos and have my stories by numbers.
Said they'd get me on covers.
Return to game from the shame overnight,
But then I lost sight. Missed the twinkle in his eye.
With my new house outside got me busy, busy fried.
Dizzy, dizzy high. Dizzy, dizzy lie. Is he?
Why are there people out the front?
Who don't even know me but it's me they want to hang.
Opinions lose meaning when you join that gang.
Now it's like being back inside again.
A lot less walls but their calls call ‘KILLER,’
It's a killer.
These fools should stare long and hard in the mirror.

Look people, look close.
'Cause the next time you'll see me I'll be a ghost.
And farmers: Farm your children.

Too many mistakes at a slow pace.
Nobody said you couldn't cut the grain and thread the lace.
At the same time, when you're on the back foot
Right hooks keep on swinging. Keep You Moving.
Forget the bullies.
If they enter your dreams they'll reinvent your schemes
And right a list of commands, like a tattoo on your arm.
Seven angels sent down to finish this drama.
Well, maybe there's a power?
And it's the difference between a lover and a deadly flower,
The difference between a mighty flood, or a cleansing shower,
The difference between the living and that final hour,
Or maybe it's just cancer?
That'll eat from our throats leaving us no sounds for an answer.

Look people, look close.
'Cause the next time you'll see me I'll be a ghost.

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from Daedalus' Dolls, released January 1, 2006

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