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I’VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE WORLD WITH TIRED EYES
IN BETWEEN THAT PLACE WHERE IN ORDER TO LIVE YOU ALSO MUST DIE
NOW I DON’T BELIEVE IN ANY KIND OF ETERNAL LIFE
AND IF GOD EXISTS WELL I’D RAISE A GUN RIGHT ON UP TO THE EMPTY SKY
SEND GOD RIGHT BACK TO WHERE HE BELONGS
SEND GOD BACK TO THE STARS
NOW THESE DAYS MY FRIENDS ARE TURNING MIGHTY STRANGE
ANYWAY THAT YOU LOOK AT IT LIFE'S JUST ANOTHER LOSING GAME
DEATH THEY SAY HE'S RIDING A BARE BONES HORSE
ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORDER OF TWELVE GOLDEN GHOSTS
FEAR THEY SAY HE STALKS THE LAND
AND THEN DEATH HE TOOK ME BY THE HAND
AND NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND
THAT HEEL DUG DEEP INTO OUR BACKS
IN THE END WE ALL MUST BE CRUSHED

A WISE OLD MAN ONCE TOLD ME
I AIN’T CRYING CAUSE I’M SAD OR ANGRY
I ONLY CRY CAUSE I’M SO OVERWHELMED AND HAPPY
SEE I REALLY WALKED THAT LINE WITH DEATH
WE BATTLED IT OUT BUT HE TOOK ME DOWN IN THE SECOND ROUND
BUT I WON’T GO SO EASILY DOWN TO THE POTTER'S GROUND
EVEN IF THE HOUSE IT WILL ALWAYS WIN
I STILL HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH
CAUSE I ALWAYS DID THE BEST I CAN
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THIS LIFE CAN EVER ASK

NOW I DON’T THINK THAT I’M SO TOUGH
YOU CRAWL AROUND IN THAT DIRT AND GRIME
YOUR CRACKLING BONES AND YOUR TWISTED SPINE
OUR TEETH WE LEAVE AS BEACONS TO OUR FORMER LIVES
COMING OUT OF THE DUST
COVERED BEER BARF PISS ROT AND THE MOUNTAIN OF BLOOD
YEAH I’D SAY WE’RE TOUGH ENOUGH
UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE STREAM
THE GROANING SOUL OF YOUR RESTLESS FEET
PRAISE BE LAID TO THE MEN IN RAGS
GUARDIANS OF ANCIENT FLAME
MAY THE WIND ALWAYS KISS THE TONGUE THAT SPEAKS THEIR NAME
I DECLARED MYSELF A RULER OF THE VINE
IT'S BEAUTIFUL CREEPING UP THE BUILDING
ILLUMINATED BY THE SUNDOWN

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