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[Verse 1: Alice]

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I shall fear no evil

It walks near me, it smiles, it shows its teeth

Not from above but from beneath

It laughs in my face but not at my faith

The dark looks for me and can't understand

How I slipped right through its fingers

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[Verse 2: Joe]

The cries of the crow becoming clear

Bleeding day into night without fear

Into the temple of sacrifice and doom

I walked alone into the red room

We're way beyond the land without order

Surrounded by faces, drums of death

I cheated time and I know I ain't got much time left

You, you killed it, humanity

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[Verse 3: Tommy]

Every day I wake up, it's a fight to survive

The humanoid selfish egomaniacal instant gratification world

Money, greed, ugly need, how much is enough?

Fame, being king of the rats

Time is vicious, dummy

Look at me, look at you, we're all the same

Just trying to stay alive

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[Verse 4: Johnny]

The unknown no one of nowhere

Knew nothing new as never before

Lost his life in love with love

Left alone always

Leapt off towards another waste of what would wind up what once was

But wasn't

One tarnished trophy to which has been said goodbye

The only word that was ever needed

Have I lost what was never given me?

Nope

I don't buy into the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny nor any of your favorite crutches

Every day is just another game to play

You lose now, you lose later

Winning is the gift of playing the game

Bite off as much as you can chew and spit out what you don't need

You have to go away to come back

Do not pander, ponder, rise

To return to an orderly decision of being born or not

The sickness parade is here, tick tock, tick tock

There ain't nothing that can protect you from the brutality of life's clock

It will sneak up and bite you right on the ass

And after just a few short years in your narcissistic pavilion

You will shrivel and wither like a humiliated grape

Anyone ever tell you you talk too much? Probably not

You speak much better when your mouth is full

Your epitaph will be scribbled in crayons

On a scorching sidewalk

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