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The Gambit


I Told Myself But Never Admitted To
What I Knew…..
Insinuations. 
And Yet There’s Still That Part Of Me
Waiting To Get Back Home, Back To My Room
And Say,
That Trip Took A Really Long Time,
Now….What Was I Doing?
How You Managed To Keep Us All Together
Without Figuring Me Out?
A Card Up His Sleeve, The Gambit Was Mine.
But I Can’t Seem To Turn It Off.
And I Can’t Explain The DejaVu.
...

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Cannibal JonesBut you don't

Raven Girl


Long Story Short,
I’m Cornered.
Every Second I’m Haunted,
Gory With The Dead Of Night.
Recycle Myself,
Just Don’t Think Of Tomorrow.
And As About I Flail,
This Is My Fairytale.

Life seems Lifeless,
For The Dead Travel Fast.
I’m Catching My Breath,
Another Hopeless Romantic.
Somewhere In Between
Pop And Gothic Before,
Lost In Barcode.
 

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Cannibal JonesNevermore

Bible Belt


An Undercurrent Of Remorse,
The Damned Are Too Bleak To Fade.
He’s Got The Talent, Now
Where Did I Put My Puppet Strings?
He’s Gonna Leave It All Up To The Studio.
Just Mouthing Words To Be Part of The Show.
Telling Lies To Stay In Tune.
Hundreds Lost And Thousands Doomed.
And Now He Can’t Even See Me.
Did You Notice, He Can’t See You Too?
If This Is The Life You Wanted,
Then Die.
I’...

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Cannibal JonesFore

The Taking Of Katie

Upon The Two, A Duet, Duel Amongst The Dead.
The Cycle Repeats…….Malicious Intent.
We Came Here To Die And We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here To Die And We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should I….)To Die And
(Beneath The Cellar Door)We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should I….)To Die And
(Beneath The Cellar Door)We Came Here To Die.
We Came Here(And Should I….)To Die And
(Beneath ...

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Cannibal JonesAkilla

To Travel Time


Secondhand Smoke On A Summer Night.
Again Now, I’m A Traveler Of Time.
Though What Was Mine Has Died
And What Has Mind Has Lied,
Forgotten Yet Still Inside,
Your World Suppresses Me Again.
Sometimes I Get That Taste…..
Like Time Travel On The Tip Of My Tongue,
Tastes Like Dirt.
 

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Cannibal JonesEarly

A Reflection Within A Reflection


I Remember Never Wanting It To
End, Like Always,
Fear Of The Over.
Is It Nearly Almost Over?
It’s Like,
Every Time I Smile
I’m A Liar To Myself.
Like You’re Looking At Me……
Happy Or Guilty?
We Look….

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Cannibal JonesHearth

Focus


But When We Zoom In
We Second Guess.
Could I Even Breath Through The Rest?
What’s That Stuff Floating In My Vodka?
Prince Charming Feeling Awkward?
That’s Two Or Three Times Bad for My Health.
That’s What They Say, When I’m By Myself.
Can You Bluff When You’re Dealing Hell?
I Got A Lighter, So I Might As Well.
I’m The Numbest I Ever Felt,
Bluffing My Way Through Hell.
Because I Share ...

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Cannibal JonesHours

Nocturnal


The Last Buzz On Earth
Went Off Without A Hitch.
I Put On My Hat And Clean The House,
Finish That And Just Pace Around.
I’m Nocturnal,
Where Less Is More.

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Cannibal JonesStay

Matter


Sounds Of Reminiscence
And Altogether Sigh.
We Try To Be Sure Of What Matters.
And If This Is What You’d Think Of Me-
I’m Dislocated Sympathy.
We Try To Be Sure Of What Matters,
And What Matters To The Mad?
 

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Cannibal JonesAdjustment

Dirt


Still Waiting For That Dog To Bark,
On The Verge Of A Different Day.
But Could I Stand On A Different Ground?
Could I Stand On A Different Ground?
Could I Stay In A Different Cage?
For Days I’m Running,
And Then I Step Out Of The Wheel.
Said We Knocked, But You Didn’t Hear Me.
Got A Mission And My Blood’s Boiling.
Got A Mission And My Blood’s Boiling.
Could I Stay In A Different Cage?
...

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Cannibal JonesThem

Kill Me Now


Every Day I Dodge A Bullet.
Every Day I Shoot Myself.
Every Day I’m Looking Inward.
Inside I Die As Well.
Death Like.
Spilling The Ink.
I’m Lost In Every Day.
I Think.........
Forget My Dreams And Sleep.
What Is Here, Un-Surrounds.
Kill Me Now.

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Cannibal JonesState

1993

What am I doing? Blurry lights glow before my eyes. Who am I? Should I check? Where am I? 11:11, the clock reads. Always 11:11. Oh, yes…… I am no one, at least for the night. Red, white and blue eyes reflect black at my soul. Time to roll, for the dead travel fast. All’s in black for the backwoods. Anticipation steals my heart in storms. Chaos is on the bound. Fortunate Son plays along to my midni...

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Cannibal JonesHighway

Char


She Blew A Kiss So Sweet,
I Died On My Feet.
If My Life Would Flash
 Before My Eyes,
I’d Have This Moment
 Memorized.
You Made A Part Of Me
Perfectly.

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Cannibal JonesNesses

To Fall Awake


But Did I Even Fall Asleep Last Night,
Or Have I Always Been Here?
Stood-Up Too Late To The Dark In Me.
Just Get Me Back To Where I Can Breath.
In Here I’ve Always Been.

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Cannibal JonesParalysis

Nazi


It’s Raining Styx And Stones.
I Wanna Pick My Bones
Out Of, Out Of My Skin
And Walk Around With Him.
It’s Raining Bricks And Lightning.
Pray Away for A Life Less Frightening
And Bet On, Bet On My Sins
Then Walk Around With Him
‘Cuz In The Future We All Pretend.
Eyes Ahead, The Past Is Dim.
‘Cuz In The Future We All Pretend.
In The Future We All Pretend.
In The Future We All Pretend.
...

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Cannibal JonesSeparate

Rue


Could You Find Reason
With What I’ve Done,
Even If I Hide The Truth?

Would You Believe
All I’ve Become
Is Everything I Wanted To?

A Couple Times
We’ve Grown-Up
And You’re The Only One I Wanted Too.

Forever Young
Is Holding
On To You.


 

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Cannibal JonesRoad

Grey Date


He Sits........
Haunted By A Trickster,
Up At Night With a Grey Date,
Steady Sipping That Elixir.
She Forgets, Haunted By A Name.
If There’s a Demon Stealing Time....
If There’s A Demon In My Eyes....
He’s Just Eluding Life With A Weak Kid.
We’ve Been Used Long Before Meeting You.
You Think It’s Me, I Want To Leave.....
And So Do You.
We’ve Been Wrong Long Before Believing You.

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Cannibal JonesCastle

Grimacing


One More Week Gone In A Blink.
Stares Off Reflection…….
Am I Still The Same?
It Reflects The Grimacing.
I Think My Nightmares
Are Trying To Prepare Me.
Anticipating My Bones
Before They Mold,
One Day Wake-Up Old.
I’m A Week Today.
Never’s A Blink Away.
I Think In Nightmares……..
Am I Still The Sane?
It Reflects The Grimacing.

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Cannibal JonesPool

In My Room


First I Walk Into The Room,
All But Forgotten About You.
From Behind All The Shades Of Grey,
Your Eyes Pierce
And I Don’t Know What To Say.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.

First I Walk Into The Room,
Only Never Came Too Soon.
From Inside All the Stolen Graves,
Your Eyes Pierce
And I Don’t Know What To Say.
And Then Your Voice Is Only Mine.
And T...

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Cannibal JonesDressed

The Window's Down


C’Mon, Baby, Doubt Me,
I Cannot Live Without Me.
If That’s What Makes You Happy,
One Cannot Live Without Me.
And We’re Taking Turns Off The Road,
And Falling Back Into The Ghosts.
Drifting Back Off Of The Road.
Doubt Me And All I Know.
Maybe I’m Losing It,
But Maybe I’m Coming Around.
A Little Voice Is Singing It,
Don’t Hold Your Breath For Too Long.

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Cannibal JonesIf

April

It’s Last Night All Again.
It Must Have Been A Sign,
Must’ve Been The Grim.
Alabama In April
Gets Greyer And Greyer.
Storms Gather Fury
In Between Our Smiles.
It’s Last Night All Again.
Storms Gather Fury
 In Between Or Smiles.


 

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Cannibal JonesDiablo

Gauntlet


They Know I Came And Got You
But They Don’t Know Where I Put You.
Think He’s Hiding Out Under Stares.
Think She’s Drying Out Over There.
Now He’s Drinking On The Vodka,
Eyes You Like A Monster.
He’s Got Two Brains
In A Pink Backpack
And A Roll Of Tape
And A Black Ski Mask.
So The Internal Bleeding In My Brain
Lives To Fight Another Day.
I’ve Been Trying To Find Myself,
Lost Inside A...

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Cannibal JonesAx

Epileptic


A Toxic Turn Of Events
 That Set In Like Cement.
I Never See The Truth ‘Till I’m Cornered.
I’ve Never Seen The White Of Your Eyes.
Every Word She Spoke Was Important.
She’s Coming, I Know, In Good Time.
(My Lips Are Cold)
Where Do You Go 
When You Can’t Rest At Home?
My Indian Tricks Won’t Last For Long.
Seeing Ahead And Falling Behind.
In My Pace, I Know My Time.

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Cannibal JonesFifth

Dragon Graveyard


Inside The Souls Are Inbred
And Masochism’s Our Religion Instead.
Suicidal In The Womb,
Cancerous In My Room.
Another Push, 
The Dazed Drag By.
Another Drag,
The Days Push By.
We Could Wither And Die,
We’ve Been Dead All Our Life.
A Turn Of Phrase
And Your Turning In Your Grave.


 

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Cannibal JonesRed Barn

flower


A Wind Now,
The Time Has Come.
The Long Days
Are Mine To Own.
A Last Wink,
We’re Taking Cover.
Impending Doom
Like No Other.
She Made The Wish
Upon A Flower.
‘Cuz I’ve Been The Shadow
Around The Coroner,
The Look Of Sadness
When Bad Things Happen,
The Missing Mourner,
The Cheapest Casket,
The Wrong Move
When Things Are Drastic,
Melan Choly Waves,
From Under Plastic.

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Cannibal JonesNPDCH

Pink


All These People In My House
And No One Sees Them But Me.
Some Are Real, Some Are Ghosts,
But All Are Misleading.
And When She Talks,
It Thunders.
Evil’s Not One Of Her Names,
Just Another Hopeless Romantic.
We Can Keep This Going, Baby,
Every, Single Day.
Like Saving My Cigarette
‘Till I Go To Bed.
The More I Notice Myself,
The Less I Can Breath.
The More I Tell Myself,
The Less ...

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Cannibal JonesThe Ravenflocks

From the Edges


Nostalgia,
it can rip your heart away.
Nostalgia,
it points the way to your grave.
Every lie I ever told was true,
like all the smiles I fake for you.
Cemented guilt,
my layers of achievements’ truth.

Paranoia,
it puts the blood upon your mouth.
Paranoia,
it’s washed upon the ground.
Creases cut into a romantic brain.
We spiral down.
We asphyxiate.
Romanticize a prayer
I forgot...

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Cannibal JonesMoving

Wednesday


Every Trip, I Feel It,
Like It’s The Last Time.
So I Walk Out As Anyone But Me.
Every Shift, I Feel It,
Like It’s A Lifetime.
Again We Roll Before We Breed.
Every Breath, I Felt It,
Like It’s The Last Time.
So Again I Walk Out
With A Crush On Life.
Every Trip, I Feel It,
Like It’s A Lifetime.
Again We Roll As Anyone But Me.
This Situation’s Overflowing
And I Don’t Know If I’ll Find...

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Cannibal JonesSong

In The Shoe

Privacy’s Temporary. 
It’s Only A Matter Of Time
‘Till The Darkness Shines,
And Now In Here 
It Goes Away Again.
If All Is Well
That Ends Well
Then All Is Not Well.
It’s A Pirates' Life For Me
When Riddled 
One More Than Three.
Unto This,
Death Looks So Unnatural. 
 

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Cannibal JonesHighway

Under the Ladder


I Don’t Even Have To Hope You Go To Hell.
With That Evil Grin
Come Lurking Around The Corner.
And I Don’t Feel The Need To
Sell Myself To You.
Turning On The Screw.
So I’m Just.
And Just Keep On Writing
Underneath The Ladder.
Old Timer, Turn The Volume Down.
Pages Turn, Yet Here I Burn.
Never One To Be Part Of This World.

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Cannibal JonesPast

Method


All Day Long 
I Hate That I Felt
All Day Long
Is Hazardous 
To My Health.
Tomorrow’s Calling,
The Future’s Bleak
And All My Methods 
Burn Like A Machine
And All My Methods
Burn Like A Machine.

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Cannibal JonesThe Angel is Near

Smutt


…….And All The While We Walk A Ways,
We Live To See Them Dye The Days.
And Do We Give ‘Em What They’re Looking For?
Quote The Raven, Evermore.
And All The While We’re Walking On Graves
(With The Light On)
We Learn To See Them Masking Mistakes.
But Could You Give Me What I’m Looking For?
(How Long A Wait?)
Just Hold On And Hold On And Hold On
And Sell Your Casket.
Burn Your Mattress
A...

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Cannibal JonesDirt Roads

Reality

I. Unlost
We Distort Reality
 With Spellbound Words,
Pick And Choose Today’s Illusion.
When Every Truth Could Be Absurd,
Prove I Am By Exorcism. 


II. In A Corner
Glowing Little Children,
Glowing Through The days Of Rat.
Head Inside My Hands
(Older Than I Am),
Push In Past The Skin
(No Matter I’ve Been Damned)
I Was Born First Thing In The Morning
And I Shall Die At The Stroke Of ...

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Cannibal JonesThe Search

Darker Side of Reason

Can You,
Wanna  Move  Me?
It’s Hot In The House
But We Still Got Sound
And Don’t Live For Tomorrow.

A Sideways Glance,
I Feel You To.
We Stood There Watching
Too Hot To Move,
But I Had To.

Intake,
I’m Back To The Woods.
But Again,
We’re All In Dire Need.
 

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Cannibal JonesThe Wizard

1960

It Came For You In Black And White
When It Was Not That Easy.
It Fostered Homes For You All Your Life
But They Were Not That Easy.
In Third Person We Can All Agree
That The Kennedys Killed Norma Jean.
If Nothing Will Ever Be The Same,
Who Could You Turn Into?
Just Stray Doll, Into Another Day
And Mystery Ensues.
I Want To Take Your Picture.
Where Can I Find This Creature?
Love In 1960,...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Diablo


He’s Back Today
For The First Time Again.
Tomorrow We’ll Carpe Diem.
We Had The Calm
But Missed The Storm’s Path.

Just Continue On This Path In Life
And Hope That Lightning Don’t Strike Twice.
Just Continue On This Path And I-
I Know Diablo Won’t Mind.
Diablo Won’t Mind.

Everybody
Is Running
Out Of Time,
Never Knowing
Which Day Will
Be Yours.
We Had The Calm
But Missed The
...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Killer


I Was Planning To Take You Away,
Where I Could Cut You.
I Was Planning On Digging Your Grave
When I First Saw You.
But You Run……….Away………
Inside The Dark I wait Here Awhile
Where I Can Watch You.
I’ve Been Dying To Feel Your Insides
Since I First Saw You.
But You Run………Away………..
I Will Miss Her Something Awful
And We Will Miss Her Something Awful.
And When We Dine, You’ll Come Inside...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Latter


First He Saw The Shadows 
Sitting On His Roof
And One Began To Walk Around.
It Wouldn’t Be Long Now
‘Till The Spell Has Unfogged.
Whatever Plans He May Have Had,
Have All Come To An End.

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Cannibal JonesParalysis

Crows


All.............I.............
Know.............I.............
Go.............Find.............
Crows.............In The Night,
Like All That I’ve Known.
Like All I’ve Known......
Like All I’ve Known
Was All Alone
All Along.
But You
Know Me All Too Well.
You Know Me All Too Well.
 

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Cannibal JonesSong

Grimwood


The Monsters Could Be Your Friend,
Just If You Help Them On Their Way.
We’ve All Felt The Glowing Eyes
With Chill Bumps And Walked On Graves.
We Help The Monster On Their Way.

In These Sticks……….
In Grimwood………….
Like A Final Fix, Fire Grows.
In Grimwood……………
In These Sticks…………
Fire Grows Like A Final Fix.

Dark Day, The Night Is Calling.
A Dark Day I Never Wanted.
Found Escape,...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Apathetic Empathy


In A Sad World,
With A Broken Heart,
I Will Wait Here. I Will Wait Here.
And All I Got-
Just ‘Till Tomorrow.
I Know The World
‘Cuz I Am Hollow
And Apathetic…….And Empathetic,
Anything While We Wait Around. 
Now I’ve Seen My Kind.
It Really Outta Show By Now.
We’re Apathetic And Empathetic,
Anything, Let’s Go For A Ride.

They Came After Me, Killing My Family.
Find Out What It Mean...

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Cannibal JonesSong

White

Me And You Holding Our Breath That Afternoon.
Me And You With Blood On Our Hands
We Drew The Moon Then we Gave It Away.
And If I Get Lost, It Won’t Matter To Me.
I Know That Heaven Lies Just Out Of My Reach.
And If Heaven Is Not For Me Then Hell Won’t Do.
They Think They All Know, But They Don’t
Mimic The Moon And Scorch The Sun,
Count All The Stars ‘Till there’s None.
I’ve Caught The Sce...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Time Another


Feels Like Halloween…………….
Again I’m Rollin’. I’m Drivin’ Safe, Here, In My Car.
I Read A Billboard.....
It Seems That Life, Here, Can Be Bought.
We Time Another……
Oh, How We All Grow Up So Fast.
We Time Another.
All Those Lost Aren’t In The Past.
Again, I’m Rollin’.
 The Fields Are Safe, Here, In The Park.
But They Said So Much For Me.
And Now Here Comes The Rain Clouds.
Seems That ...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Yellow

She Said, ”Let’s Go.”
So I Rose
‘Cuz I Know Where The Dead Go.
Though I Grow Too Hollow,
The Dead Leaves By Window.
If I Spoke Into You,
Would I Close Like An Echo?

Her Eyes Glow
Like Shadows.
Her Hair Grows Black Widows.
She’s The Ghost
In My Home,
At My Throat,
Approaching Slow,
That’s The Road All Shall Know Well.

And Her Eyes Glow,
So Here I Go.
Da' Dead Leaves
Out In the...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Red


Flower Child Folded In My Pocket.
That Little Note You Wrote, I Must’ve Dropped It.
But Count Me In, You Can Paint Me Red.
Though Count Me In Today, Tomorrow’s Dead.
So Paint Me Red, You Can Count Me In
For Just A Trip Or Two. I’m Falling All Over You.
Stars, I’m Howling Bleak,
Come Inside With Me.
Though I Think I’m Falling Through
While You Trip On Me.
I’m Here, In Tune, Haunted.
Yo...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Moon

The Moon Hangs Out For The Night
Searching For  A Muse.
The Draft’s In For The Night.
A Rue Moon Hangs Out For The Night.
Somewhere, Someone Chose Not To Lie.
Las Vegas, The Outcasts,
Is Elvis Your Golden Calf?
With Dead Stars Floating Around
Satan’s Fury Is On The Bound.
In June The Leaves Fall From The Town.
And I, Past Due, Fall To The Ground.
In June The Heat Blisters The Sky
And I...

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Cannibal JonesWe lost something important that day

Curse of the Fuzzy Dice

Again I Scream My Demons Out.
I’ve Torn Into Another Soul.
A Searching Flow.
A Glow Of Hope.
Inside’s Hide Decadance. 
It’s The Curse Of The Fuzzy Dice.
Why Must We Get Along,
When Every Step That You Take Is Wrong?
There’s a Reason Why I Wrote This Song,
‘Cuz Even Evil Has A Place To Call Home,
To Belong.
(Now Something Wicked)
It’s The Curse
(This Way Comes)
Of The Fuzzy Dice.

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Cannibal JonesSong

Witches and Wizards


Like All Of Our Christians
Hiding Behind The Finger,
And Listen To Wizards.
Take Now What’s To Come,
The Holy Days Are Done.
Witches And Wizards Are Walking Among Us.
Witches Selling Black Magic Pills.
Wizards Telling You What To Feel.
An American Flag Upon The Devil’s Hill.
To Spread Our Love, We Must Kill.
Plagued With Demon Tearing At Our Souls.
They’re Still Here, Looking For A Gr...

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Cannibal JonesGuess

Manning

And Just When I Think It’s Raining……..

I’ve Learned To Love The Pain.
I’ve Grown To Love The Rage.
I’ve Blown Away All The Days
And Hate The Weeks All The Same.

I’ve Got A Story Writing In My Head.
Beheld A Villain And I Saw Red.
Another Mission And I Woke-Up Dead.
Here We Go, Just To Repeat The Same.
Pass The Time, Another Unfinished Game.
I Took A Life, Never Knowing His Name.
Hig...

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Cannibal JonesSong

Blue

Morphine Pulls The Fire Out Of Me
Even Though, When I Glow,
I Barely Breath.
And It Pulls The Fire Out Of Me,
Even Though, Demons Know
I Barely Believe-

What Kind Lies Seem True
And What I See Through.
The Reasons She’s Blue.

But Won’t They Ever Notice
How This All Came To Be?

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Cannibal JonesSong

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