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1.
The Usurper king wore an iron crown The bloodline wore that of gold In castles of sand their kingdom fell To the tears of an angry ocean A full rotation and the queen hid her face The bloodline bled out the lust Empty beds and backwards heads Loose limbed and shades combust Here we go again The thief inside can steal a name And bring the hand grim justice When Royalty reins there’s growing pains But in the end we trust less As the castle erodes, we set up our camp The bloodline ventures home We cut a tree for chairs and before we could sit The Usurper claims the throne Here we go again Why do you still build your castles When the tide it comes to knock them down? Like clockwork the hour is coming For the queen to break new ground. And I know only what spiders can tell me And I see only what my eyes can see A lie on the lips of every kiss she blows But who receives it only the wind may know The queen killed the kings oh the queen killed the kings of old…
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She’s dancing on the tabletops laughing And throws her skirt and shoes across the room Feel the soul of James Brown through the speakers And everybody’s digging on the groove I don’t want to cry It’s just my puzzled eyes They don’t know what else to do When I’m stuck here staring into The blue The water’s running sweeter than it should be And I’m afraid of what I’m gonna say She’s throwing stones in her glass house and singing “I just wanna bang on the drum all day” I don’t want to make a scene It’s just my lungs can barely breath They just don’t know what else to do Drawing in the air right beside you I don’t want to cry It’s just my puzzled eyes They just don’t know what else to do They see all of life when they see you
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Scales 06:38
Look at my scales, she says look at my scales I’m so much prettier than you You and your fur I could just eat you alive And all your silly mice friends too Lend me an ear, she says lend me an ear And lend me your paws while you’re at it I had a favor but it’s an order now Tend to my scales tiny savage She looked in his eyes, his beady mouse eyes So deep she could see his mouse soul His heart raced much faster “Attention? Yes Master!” She smiled as her new slave enrolled She slithered, he scampered, that serpent such a vamper But lust gives a blinded eye He built her a boat to cross lakes, streams, and oceans But she always left him on the other side One day he awoke, no cheese and no smokes She said they were awful habits “Cheese is for blokes and smoke makes me choke, Throw them to the curb, I won’t have it.” The mouse put his paw down and said “I beg your pardon? You have no control over me.” She stood there stunned speechless her venom drip ceases “How could a mouse ever flout me?” And oh what he cannot feel is an awful lie It’s just far too real to be smoke in his eyes But the serpent too has a weaker side When she sheds her skin she’s black and white

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released April 26, 2013

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