Intro
(first time thru play the riff by itself, next three times with chords underneath the riff)
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[Verse 1]
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The young man held a gun to the head of God,
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Stick this holy cow,
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Put the audience in action,
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Let the slaughtered take a bow
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[Verse 2]
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The old mans words, white hot knives
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Slicing through warm butter
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The butter is the heart
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The rancid peeling soul
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[Bridge]
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Scratch pictures on asylum walls
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Broken nails and match sticks huh
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Hypodermic, hypodermic, hypodermic, red fix
[Turnaround]
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[Verse 3]
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One mans poison is another mans meat
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One mans agony another mans treat
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Artaud lived with his neck
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Placed properly in the noose
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Eyes black with pain, limbs in
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Clamps contorted
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The theatre and its double
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The void and the aborted
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[Outro]
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Those indians wank on his bones... (Repeat until end)