[Verse 1]
         
I never lie to

    
 myself tonigh


t.
         
Rose-tinted ey

             
es, color my s

         
orrow a shade 

   
of wine.
   
Bye  -  bye   

      
 black balloon


.
              
See you real s

    
oon.

[Chorus 1]
            
Oh, why you so

           
 sad? What hav

                      
e they done?
            
Forget those m

           
indless baboon

              
s, they’re off

             
 playing God.
            
Copycats in ch

           
eap suits are 

            
playing it saf

         
e,
            
While cannibal

           
s of bad news 

            
consume the pa

         
rade.
Is it wonderful?

[Bridge]
                       
             


[Verse 2]
         
Far, far from 

         
shore, the lan

        
d of nightmare

          
s gone forever


 more.
         
And I love you

           
 more than I c

   
an control.
   
I       don’t 

    
 e--ven try. W

hy would I?

[Chorus 2]
            
Oh, why the lo

           
ng face? You’v

             
e got it all w

              
rong.
            
Forget the rat

           
 in the race, 

              
we’ll choke ch

             
ain them all.
            
Fates favor th

           
e ones who hel

                     
p themselves.
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The rest feel 

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the sting of t

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he lash as the

  
y row,
           
the boat, the 

     
boat to
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Hell!

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[Outro]
                (x3)
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