Battle of the Fear Bands Bracket 4: The Extinction.
"The fear of catastrophic change. The extinction of humanity and its replacement by something else, especially by humanities own doing. The Extinction is associated with doomsday events, man-made catastrophes (including bombs and climate change), codes or strings of numbers, and the destruction of human skin and tissue."
Submissions will stay open until the 1st of May! Submit as many times as you like, and stay spooky, folks!
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The most Flesh coded song is...
Eat Your Young, by Hozier!
“Being in horrible circumstances turns you into a monster as well.”
Our fourth entity will be open for submissions tomorrow by 8am:
The Extinction.
Lyrics below the line!
Eat Your Young:
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R5: The Flesh
Eat Your Young:
“Being in horrible circumstances turns you into a monster as well.”
Body:
“literally about someone letting their body parts get stolen because they're 'tired' of 'this cumbersome and heavy body'”
Lyrics below the line!
Eat Your Young:
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
Body:
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
Take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me body
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face and desecrate
Arms and legs get in the way
Bodies break
I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
I'm tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes)
I'm tired of this body (take them aside, take my face)
Fall apart without me (and desecrate, arms and legs)
I'm tired of this body (get in the way, take my lungs)
I'm tired of this body (take them and run, take my tongue)
I'm tired of this body (go have some fun, and take the ears)
Cumbersome and heavy body (take them and disappear)
Heavy body, heavy body
Thanks so much, thanks again
It's nice here, I mean we're elevated
See out this big window, it's a nice day
It's a bit of a bummer we're sort of passing through Montreal tonight, and
I mean, we come here and we just wanna stay here
And this particular event is so brief
But on the one hand, y'know, we've never done anything like this before
And we haven't played in Montreal in a while, so it's nice to, nice to reunite
And it's nice to see ya, y'know where things are standing
And this is a really good feeling in the room
And uh, on the other hand, we're going to New York this evening
So, that's always a good time, that uh, that big apple
And uh, we're doing a residency in Brooklyn
So, if you guys know people out there, I'm sure you do, some of you
It's close by, right?
And uh, every Monday night for the next three Mondays
We're gonna be in Brooklyn, playing some music
But it is not about them, nor is it about the past
It is about this moment, so on that note
We will Segway into a song
A song about striving for a more simplistic path, I suppose
It's off our new record
Here we go
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R4: The Flesh
Eat Your Young:
“Being in horrible circumstances turns you into a monster as well.”
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
"bones bones bones! let me see your bones!"
Lyrics below the line!
Eat Your Young:
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
To cut down on my silhouette
My favorite foods are smoke and hearts
My leftover frets forget stiletto-self vendettas
While my cracking backbone lacks but backs up my false starts
All nightmares start as dreams
and I hear my subconscious screaming
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So naturally, please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
Lumps in throats and petticoats
Your baby teeth would pray for you
A selfish book is always open
and some of the best liars only want the truth
All love starts as a scheme
So wake me up, I'm tired of sleeping
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So obviously please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
All nightmares start as dreams, all love starts as a scheme
Give me all your LSD so I can feel my mind unweave again
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So Ana stands and rends the rancid meat from her
Bones, bones, bones, I can see my bones
Well I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see my bones
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see them
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R4: The Flesh
Body:
“literally about someone letting their body parts get stolen because they're 'tired' of 'this cumbersome and heavy body'”
The Dismemberment Song:
“It has everything, the casual treatment of people’s bodies as objects for a goal, trying to almost sound sweet while chopping someone to bits, the fact that what will be left is unrecognizable, the turning the knife on someone else as opposed to yourself. It’s just very flesh.”
Lyrics below the line!
Body:
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
Take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me body
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face and desecrate
Arms and legs get in the way
Bodies break
I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
I'm tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes)
I'm tired of this body (take them aside, take my face)
Fall apart without me (and desecrate, arms and legs)
I'm tired of this body (get in the way, take my lungs)
I'm tired of this body (take them and run, take my tongue)
I'm tired of this body (go have some fun, and take the ears)
Cumbersome and heavy body (take them and disappear)
Heavy body, heavy body
Thanks so much, thanks again
It's nice here, I mean we're elevated
See out this big window, it's a nice day
It's a bit of a bummer we're sort of passing through Montreal tonight, and
I mean, we come here and we just wanna stay here
And this particular event is so brief
But on the one hand, y'know, we've never done anything like this before
And we haven't played in Montreal in a while, so it's nice to, nice to reunite
And it's nice to see ya, y'know where things are standing
And this is a really good feeling in the room
And uh, on the other hand, we're going to New York this evening
So, that's always a good time, that uh, that big apple
And uh, we're doing a residency in Brooklyn
So, if you guys know people out there, I'm sure you do, some of you
It's close by, right?
And uh, every Monday night for the next three Mondays
We're gonna be in Brooklyn, playing some music
But it is not about them, nor is it about the past
It is about this moment, so on that note
We will Segway into a song
A song about striving for a more simplistic path, I suppose
It's off our new record
Here we go
The Dismemberment Song:
Hold still, my sweet
I'm trying to measure the space between
Your molar and your jaw
This caliper
No cause for fear, no, it, it doesn't hurt
It only helps me measure
How much skin you have
Oh, and the topmost layer of fat
But I won't make an incision
'Til you're nice and numb
Oh, and laughing gas can be so much fun
Please don't doubt my decision
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
No, don't you cry
And don't call Miriam, she's my alibi
Oh, let me check your toes out
Aren't your toenails cute?
And red is such a lovely color on you
But you won't be needing those
When you've got no knees
Or shins, or pinky fingers, or arteries
So, hold still while I remove them
Oh, and don't fight back
I think you'll find you're missing the point with that
That's enough out of you
And this'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for me, yeah
Well, once upon a time, that's where the plot begins
And right after the end, well, that's where the plot thins, and
I've got no angel to keep me in line
So, I'm taking your narrative, and I'm making it mine
'Cause I'm all out of hurt, you've used up all I've got
So, I'm chopping you up and still coming up squat
If I wanted to bleed, I'd just roll up my sleeve
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
Oh, yeah
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you
No, no, no, not yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But there's one thing you're forgetting
There's nothing like the thrill of a shredding
And this is no orthodox beheading
And cutting you up
Cutting you up
Cutting you up is gonna be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for me
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R3: The Flesh
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
"bones bones bones! let me see your bones!"
An Interlace of Bones:
Lyrics below the line!
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
To cut down on my silhouette
My favorite foods are smoke and hearts
My leftover frets forget stiletto-self vendettas
While my cracking backbone lacks but backs up my false starts
All nightmares start as dreams
and I hear my subconscious screaming
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So naturally, please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
Lumps in throats and petticoats
Your baby teeth would pray for you
A selfish book is always open
and some of the best liars only want the truth
All love starts as a scheme
So wake me up, I'm tired of sleeping
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So obviously please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
All nightmares start as dreams, all love starts as a scheme
Give me all your LSD so I can feel my mind unweave again
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So Ana stands and rends the rancid meat from her
Bones, bones, bones, I can see my bones
Well I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see my bones
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see them
An Interlace of Bones:
Take my flesh and shake it out
Put it in the washing machine
My heart is drying on the line
While my skin is spinning clean
Skeletons are hard to sleep with
Bones are all that we have left
Shin bones, pelvis, heavy femurs
The chuckle of your fingers leaves me bereft
I feel the cutting of your cheekbones
On the temple of my skull
The empty space of unlocked ribcage
Once our hearts had made so full
And in the morning we'll wake early
Leave the curtains closed again
Slowly wrap our muscles round our bones
We'll take our organs from the wash
Freshly laundered, clean as new
And carefully replace them in their hollows
Because this night will be our last
We felt the need to wash the marks
Of all the secrets shared together
From our bodies and our hearts
The teeth-bite bruise on lips and necks
The sharp caress on shivering limbs
If left too long after we're gone
Would fray the fabric of our skin
And in the morning we'll wake early
Dress our skeletons again
Trying not to catch each other's eye
We'll smooth out wrinkles, settle seams
Rewire our newly polished veins
Cause we've already said our last goodbyes
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I'm just a bag of bones now
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I don't want you to go now
Over and again, over and again, over and again
You say it's better this way
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I'm just a bag of bones now
Our memories of love are washed out, we're strangers now
(Our skeletons remember)
Lace and tie and zip our flesh back into place
(Even if our love is over)
Put on our clothes
(I don't want you to go now)
Open the door
(You say it's better this way)
Sharing secrets no more
(I don't want you to leave me)
I'd rather keep these memories instead of being clean and empty
When we're clean and finally spotless, I give you one last kiss
There's nothing, no response
From the clean, soft flesh that used to be your lips
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R3: The Flesh
Eat Your Young:
“Being in horrible circumstances turns you into a monster as well.”
Body Terror Song:
Lyrics below the line!
Eat Your Young:
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
Body Terror Song:
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body, oh yeah
I'm very sorry that you have to have a body
One that will hurt you, and be the subject of so much of your fear
It will betray you, be used against you, then it'll fail on you my dear
But before that, you'll be a doormat, for every vicious narcissist in the world
Oh how they'll screw you, all up and over, then feed you silence for dessert
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body
So very sorry that you have to have a body, oh yeah
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
Filled with infection
One hundred scabs singing in unison
Eyes and hands, sometimes bullets,
Uninvited, passing through us
Uninvited, passing through us
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R3: The Flesh
The Dismemberment Song:
“It has everything, the casual treatment of people’s bodies as objects for a goal, trying to almost sound sweet while chopping someone to bits, the fact that what will be left is unrecognizable, the turning the knife on someone else as opposed to yourself. It’s just very flesh.”
The Lost Teeth Song:
“The age old TMA question: how did these teeth GET here????”
Lyrics below the line!
The Dismemberment song:
Hold still, my sweet
I'm trying to measure the space between
Your molar and your jaw
This caliper
No cause for fear, no, it, it doesn't hurt
It only helps me measure
How much skin you have
Oh, and the topmost layer of fat
But I won't make an incision
'Til you're nice and numb
Oh, and laughing gas can be so much fun
Please don't doubt my decision
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
No, don't you cry
And don't call Miriam, she's my alibi
Oh, let me check your toes out
Aren't your toenails cute?
And red is such a lovely color on you
But you won't be needing those
When you've got no knees
Or shins, or pinky fingers, or arteries
So, hold still while I remove them
Oh, and don't fight back
I think you'll find you're missing the point with that
That's enough out of you
And this'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for me, yeah
Well, once upon a time, that's where the plot begins
And right after the end, well, that's where the plot thins, and
I've got no angel to keep me in line
So, I'm taking your narrative, and I'm making it mine
'Cause I'm all out of hurt, you've used up all I've got
So, I'm chopping you up and still coming up squat
If I wanted to bleed, I'd just roll up my sleeve
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
Oh, yeah
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you
No, no, no, not yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But there's one thing you're forgetting
There's nothing like the thrill of a shredding
And this is no orthodox beheading
And cutting you up
Cutting you up
Cutting you up is gonna be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for me
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
The Lost Teeth Song:
I was making my rounds at Splashy Town
You know, the indoor water park
Shutting down the endless wave
Dead of night, pitch dark
Just to clarify
I'm a security guard
Not a lifeguard who stayed too late
My weapon is a pool noodle
A glint of light pierced the night
I saw some popcorn bro
Scooped it up and tossed it back
It was teeth I don't kno
It was teeth I don't know
It was teeth I don't know
Stop
-Just to clarify I did know they were teeth I just didn't know who's teeth they were
Who left these teeth
Who needs them now
Who's sittin' on the couch
Gummin' on some crunchy chow
Ooooohhhhhh
Me, I'm eating peanut brittle
And I'm fed up
You see I lost my teeth earlier today
In a fight at a waterpark called Splashy Town
I'm gonna break into Splashy Town
Tonight
Right now
I'm breaching the slide
That runs outside
I'm gummin' an entrance hole
Reaching the spot where my teeth got knocked
To get the teeth that I know
The teeth that he knows
The teeth that he know
(Arpeggio): Am
What was that?
It felt like a pool noodle
It was a pool noodle
I'm the security guard
And that's my weapon
Well I was just looking for my teeth man
You're looking for teeth?
Yeah I lost them in a battle with a man earlier today
In this vicinity
That's an amazing coincidence
I recently found some teeth
That I did not know
Let me see em'
Oh, yup, they're mine
He left his teeth
He's got them now
No more sittin' on the couch
Gummin' on some crunchy chow
Oooooohhhhh
By the way, you know anything about a hole over in the slide
Stop
Yeah, I gummed my way in that way I'll also be leaving that way you might wanna patch it up afterward.
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R3: The Flesh
Body:
“literally about someone letting their body parts get stolen because they're 'tired' of 'this cumbersome and heavy body'”
Modify:
Lyrics below the line!
Body:
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
Take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me body
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face and desecrate
Arms and legs get in the way
Bodies break
I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
I'm tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes)
I'm tired of this body (take them aside, take my face)
Fall apart without me (and desecrate, arms and legs)
I'm tired of this body (get in the way, take my lungs)
I'm tired of this body (take them and run, take my tongue)
I'm tired of this body (go have some fun, and take the ears)
Cumbersome and heavy body (take them and disappear)
Heavy body, heavy body
Thanks so much, thanks again
It's nice here, I mean we're elevated
See out this big window, it's a nice day
It's a bit of a bummer we're sort of passing through Montreal tonight, and
I mean, we come here and we just wanna stay here
And this particular event is so brief
But on the one hand, y'know, we've never done anything like this before
And we haven't played in Montreal in a while, so it's nice to, nice to reunite
And it's nice to see ya, y'know where things are standing
And this is a really good feeling in the room
And uh, on the other hand, we're going to New York this evening
So, that's always a good time, that uh, that big apple
And uh, we're doing a residency in Brooklyn
So, if you guys know people out there, I'm sure you do, some of you
It's close by, right?
And uh, every Monday night for the next three Mondays
We're gonna be in Brooklyn, playing some music
But it is not about them, nor is it about the past
It is about this moment, so on that note
We will Segway into a song
A song about striving for a more simplistic path, I suppose
It's off our new record
Here we go
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Howie thought brass was the height of style
Now he's got something of a steampunk smile
And it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
Sally got a dagger hung from her septum
O'malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
(You do what you do, what you do)
Rooney got his skull exposed, doggone it!
Soon he's gonna get scrimshaw carved on it
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
It's all right, it's all right
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
Stuck through your eyelids
You new wave of pirates
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
Modify
May nothing get rejected
May nothing get infected
Mason got Frankenstein stitches installed
Adjacent to her eyes 'cause she wants to look mauled
And it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
Johnny stuck 20 gauge nails through his feet
Donnie stuck 40 if only to compete
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
(You do what you do, what you do)
Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope
His plan kind of failed, but it would've been dope
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
It's all right, it's all right
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
Stuck through your eyelids
You new wave of pirates
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
Modify
May nothing get rejected
May nothing get infected
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
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May nothing get infected
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R2: The Flesh
Blow My Brains Out:
""Sometimes I wish I could take a new shape, switch out some parts and become a big A" Me too bestie."
The Dismemberment Song:
“It has everything, the casual treatment of people’s bodies as objects for a goal, trying to almost sound sweet while chopping someone to bits, the fact that what will be left is unrecognizable, the turning the knife on someone else as opposed to yourself. It’s just very flesh.”
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Blow My Brains Out:
Sometimes I wish I could lend you my eyes
Lend you my hips and lend you my thighs
Sometimes I wish I could take a new shape
Switch out some parts and become a big A
Sometimes I wish I could lend you my ears
Lend you my thoughts and lend you my tears
Sometimes I wish I could take a new form
Switch out some parts and become like the norm
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Who doesn't get bothered by those who don't care
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Who doesn't get bothered by all that's unfair
Unlucky me, who knows way too much
Who fights to make changes and music and such
Unlucky me, aware of the pain
All 'cause I happen to have some brain
Sometimes I wish I could lend you my voice
Lend you my heart and lend you my choice
Sometimes I hope for a savior to come
Who's got what it takes to convince everyone
Sometimes I wish I could lend you my shoes
Lend you my life and lend you my truth
But sometimes the truth is just my point of view
Not what is real and not what is true
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Who doesn't get bothered by those who don't care
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Who doesn't get bothered by all that's unfair
Unlucky me, who knows way too much
Who fights to make changes and music and such
Unlucky me, aware of the pain
All 'cause I happen to have some brain
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Lucky is she, who lives unaware
Unlucky me, who knows way too much
Who fights to make changes and music and such
Unlucky me, aware of the pain
All 'cause I happen to have some brain
The Dismemberment Song:
Hold still, my sweet
I'm trying to measure the space between
Your molar and your jaw
This caliper
No cause for fear, no, it, it doesn't hurt
It only helps me measure
How much skin you have
Oh, and the topmost layer of fat
But I won't make an incision
'Til you're nice and numb
Oh, and laughing gas can be so much fun
Please don't doubt my decision
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
No, don't you cry
And don't call Miriam, she's my alibi
Oh, let me check your toes out
Aren't your toenails cute?
And red is such a lovely color on you
But you won't be needing those
When you've got no knees
Or shins, or pinky fingers, or arteries
So, hold still while I remove them
Oh, and don't fight back
I think you'll find you're missing the point with that
That's enough out of you
And this'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But cutting you up will be so refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for me, yeah
Well, once upon a time, that's where the plot begins
And right after the end, well, that's where the plot thins, and
I've got no angel to keep me in line
So, I'm taking your narrative, and I'm making it mine
'Cause I'm all out of hurt, you've used up all I've got
So, I'm chopping you up and still coming up squat
If I wanted to bleed, I'd just roll up my sleeve
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
And saw, and saw, and saw
Oh, yeah
This'll be, ooh, this'll be, aah
This'll be absolutely, whee
This'll be nice, this'll be neat
And bring you closer to me
So, don't you squirm, don't you fret
I'm not gonna hurt you
No, no, no, not yet
I just feel the need to be getting
A little of you, a lot of blood-letting
I know the sensation you're probably dreading
But there's one thing you're forgetting
There's nothing like the thrill of a shredding
And this is no orthodox beheading
And cutting you up
Cutting you up
Cutting you up is gonna be so refreshing for me
Refreshing for me, yeah
Refreshing for meOoh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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The Red Means I Love You:
“Flesh Love!”
Lyrics below the line!
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Howie thought brass was the height of style
Now he's got something of a steampunk smile
And it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
Sally got a dagger hung from her septum
O'malley cut his ears off, but wishes that he kept 'em
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
(You do what you do, what you do)
Rooney got his skull exposed, doggone it!
Soon he's gonna get scrimshaw carved on it
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
It's all right, it's all right
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
Stuck through your eyelids
You new wave of pirates
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
Modify
May nothing get rejected
May nothing get infected
Mason got Frankenstein stitches installed
Adjacent to her eyes 'cause she wants to look mauled
And it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
Johnny stuck 20 gauge nails through his feet
Donnie stuck 40 if only to compete
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
(You do what you do, what you do)
Stan tried to scarify his neck with a rope
His plan kind of failed, but it would've been dope
And it's all right (it's all right to look cool)
It's all right, it's all right
Do what you want with you
Be nonchalant with screws
Stuck through your eyelids
You new wave of pirates
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
Modify
May nothing get rejected
May nothing get infected
Modify (modify whatever)
Modify (modify and sever)
Modify
May nothing get rejected (knock yourself out)
May nothing get infected
The Red Means I Love You:
Unusual
They say strange fascination, infatuation
A lunatic
Call me what suits your taste, I just wanna taste
And I've always heard it's what's inside that counts
'Cause my insides are red
And yours are too
And the red on my face
Is matching you
And goodness you're bleeding
What a wonderful feeling
You're down and you're pleading
My head is just reeling
The red means I love you
Tasting your blood means I love you
The red means I love you
The red means I love you
Unfortunate
They say such a shame, I turned out this way
A maniac
Well, yeah, I get manic when I cause a panic
And of course, I'm excited when I see you around
'Cause my insides are red
And yours are too
And the red on my face
Is matching you
And goodness you're bleeding
What a wonderful feeling
You're down and you're pleading
My head is just reeling
The red means I love you
Tasting your blood means I love you
The red means I love you
The red means I love you
You leave me high and dry
A rush comes to my mind at the drops
Of blood you leave behind
Run as you might, my love will never, ever
Stop
And I've always heard it's what's inside
'Cause my insides are red
And yours are too
And the red on my face
Is matching you
And goodness you're bleeding
What a wonderful feeling
You're down and you're pleading
My head is just reeling
The red means I love you
Tasting your blood means I love you
The red means I love you
The red means I love you
The red means I love you
Tasting your blood means I love you
The red means I love you
The red means I love you
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R2: The Flesh
Cake:
Body:
“literally about someone letting their body parts get stolen because they're 'tired' of 'this cumbersome and heavy body'”
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Cake:
Your skin is warm like an oven
Your kiss is sugary swееt
Your fingers feel like cotton
When you put your arms around me
I feel like I'm just missin' somethin' whenever you leave
We've got all the ingredients, except you loving me
And respectfully
I'm not a piece of cake for you to just discard
While you walk away with the frosting of my heart
So I'm takin' back what's mine
You'll miss the slice of heaven that I gave to you last night
You smell just like vanilla
You taste like buttercream
You're filling up my senses with empty calories
I feel like I'm just missin' somethin' whenever you leave
We've got all the ingredients, except you needing me
So respectfully
I'm not a piece of cake for you to just discard
While you walk away with the frosting of my heart
So I'm takin' back what's mine
You'll miss the slice of heaven that I gave to you last night
If I am just a piece of cake
I am just a piece of cake (cake)
Then you're just a piece of meat
You're just a piece of meat to me
If I am just a piece of cake
I am just a piece of cake (cake)
Then you're just a piece of meat
You're just a piece of meat to me
I'm not a piece of cake for you to just discard
While you walk away with the frosting of my heart
So I'm takin' back what's mine
You'll miss the slice of heaven that I gave to you last night
The slice of heaven that I gave
Th-th-the slice of heaven that I gave to you
Slice of heaven that I gave to you last night, i-i-ight
Body:
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face, and desecrate
My arms and legs, they get in the way
And take my hands, they'll understand
Take my heart, pull it apart
And take my brain, or what remains
And throw it all away
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
Take my lungs, take them and run
Take my tongue, go have some fun
And take the ears, take them and disappear
Take my joints, take them for points
Take my teeth, tear through my cheeks
And take the nose, go and dispose
Oh, would you go dispose, just go dispose
'Cause I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me body
Take my eyes, take them aside
Take my face and desecrate
Arms and legs get in the way
Bodies break
I've grown tired of this body
A cumbersome and heavy body
I've grown tired of this body
Fall apart without me, body
I've grown tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy
Tired of this body
Fall apart without me
I'm tired of this body
Cumbersome and heavy (take my eyes)
I'm tired of this body (take them aside, take my face)
Fall apart without me (and desecrate, arms and legs)
I'm tired of this body (get in the way, take my lungs)
I'm tired of this body (take them and run, take my tongue)
I'm tired of this body (go have some fun, and take the ears)
Cumbersome and heavy body (take them and disappear)
Heavy body, heavy body
Thanks so much, thanks again
It's nice here, I mean we're elevated
See out this big window, it's a nice day
It's a bit of a bummer we're sort of passing through Montreal tonight, and
I mean, we come here and we just wanna stay here
And this particular event is so brief
But on the one hand, y'know, we've never done anything like this before
And we haven't played in Montreal in a while, so it's nice to, nice to reunite
And it's nice to see ya, y'know where things are standing
And this is a really good feeling in the room
And uh, on the other hand, we're going to New York this evening
So, that's always a good time, that uh, that big apple
And uh, we're doing a residency in Brooklyn
So, if you guys know people out there, I'm sure you do, some of you
It's close by, right?
And uh, every Monday night for the next three Mondays
We're gonna be in Brooklyn, playing some music
But it is not about them, nor is it about the past
It is about this moment, so on that note
We will Segway into a song
A song about striving for a more simplistic path, I suppose
It's off our new record
Here we go
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Knives Out:
“A song about cruelty, about not knowing anything else.”
An Interlace of Bones:
Lyrics below the line!
Knives Out:
I want you to know
He's not coming back
Look into my eyes
I'm not coming back
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Don't look down
Shove it in your mouth
If you'd been a dog
They would've drowned you at birth
Look into my eyes
It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth
So knives out
Cook him up
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
I want you to know
He's not coming back
He's bloated and frozen
Still there's no point in letting it go to waste
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his headPut him in the pot
An Interlace of Bones:
Take my flesh and shake it out
Put it in the washing machine
My heart is drying on the line
While my skin is spinning clean
Skeletons are hard to sleep with
Bones are all that we have left
Shin bones, pelvis, heavy femurs
The chuckle of your fingers leaves me bereft
I feel the cutting of your cheekbones
On the temple of my skull
The empty space of unlocked ribcage
Once our hearts had made so full
And in the morning we'll wake early
Leave the curtains closed again
Slowly wrap our muscles round our bones
We'll take our organs from the wash
Freshly laundered, clean as new
And carefully replace them in their hollows
Because this night will be our last
We felt the need to wash the marks
Of all the secrets shared together
From our bodies and our hearts
The teeth-bite bruise on lips and necks
The sharp caress on shivering limbs
If left too long after we're gone
Would fray the fabric of our skin
And in the morning we'll wake early
Dress our skeletons again
Trying not to catch each other's eye
We'll smooth out wrinkles, settle seams
Rewire our newly polished veins
Cause we've already said our last goodbyes
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I'm just a bag of bones now
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I don't want you to go now
Over and again, over and again, over and again
You say it's better this way
Over and again, over and again, over and again
I'm just a bag of bones now
Our memories of love are washed out, we're strangers now
(Our skeletons remember)
Lace and tie and zip our flesh back into place
(Even if our love is over)
Put on our clothes
(I don't want you to go now)
Open the door
(You say it's better this way)
Sharing secrets no more
(I don't want you to leave me)
I'd rather keep these memories instead of being clean and empty
When we're clean and finally spotless, I give you one last kiss
There's nothing, no response
From the clean, soft flesh that used to be your lips
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Eat You:
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
"bones bones bones! let me see your bones!"
Lyrics below the line!
Eat You:
Cause you're my chocolate covered strawberry
Cause you're my piping hot pastry
Dreaming about the moment that I own you
Love you to the bone
Cause you're my vicious but delicious cheat
A heart attack lip smacking sweet
I don't deserve you either way I'll serve you
Finally I got the nerve
I go hungry every night
Not this time around
I'm gonna eat you, you're my desire
I'm gonna sharpen all my teeth and build a fire
I'm gonna eat you, cook and defeat you
I'm gonna breathe you in my lungs and make you mine
'Cause you've been sticky with your tricky words
And I would crumble like a humble bird
But now you're so tender with an ear I can bend and
Tell you how I feel
I go hungry every night
Not this time around
I'm gonna eat you, you're my desire
I'm gonna sharpen all my teeth and build a fire
I'm gonna eat you, cook and defeat you
I'm gonna breathe you in my lungs and make you mine
You delicate young delicacy
You consummate hot consommé
You grossly beautiful grocery
You exquisitely sweet cuisine
I go hungry every night
Not this time around, not this time around!
I'm gonna eat you, you're my desire
I'm gonna sharpen all my teeth and build a fire
I'm gonna eat you, cook and defeat you
I'm gonna breath you in my lungs and make you mine
Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY:
To cut down on my silhouette
My favorite foods are smoke and hearts
My leftover frets forget stiletto-self vendettas
While my cracking backbone lacks but backs up my false starts
All nightmares start as dreams
and I hear my subconscious screaming
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So naturally, please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
Lumps in throats and petticoats
Your baby teeth would pray for you
A selfish book is always open
and some of the best liars only want the truth
All love starts as a scheme
So wake me up, I'm tired of sleeping
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So obviously please show me your
Bones, bones, bones, let me see your bones
Well, I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
All nightmares start as dreams, all love starts as a scheme
Give me all your LSD so I can feel my mind unweave again
They say that beauty's just skin deep
So Ana stands and rends the rancid meat from her
Bones, bones, bones, I can see my bones
Well I don't wanna know if the feeling follows home
Bones, bones, bones, hell, we're all alone
If I come home, baby, will you show your bones?
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see my bones
My bones, your bones
Tell me you can see them
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Battle of the Fear Bands B3R2: The Flesh
Entre Cannibales (Between Cannibals):
“Translation of the chorus: Eat from me. Eat from my flesh. Between cannibals. Take your time tearing me apart. Between cannibals.”
The Body Terror Song:
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Entre Cannibales (Between Cannibals):
I've added the english lyrics below, but if anybody would like the spanish lyrics please let me know!
For an eternity
I waited for this moment
and I won’t let it slip away
in still memories
nor low bullets
that kill.
Ah… eat from me, eat from my flesh.
Ah… among cannibals.
Ah… take your time as you take my flesh apart.
Ah… among cannibals.
Among cannibals,
the pain is poison, baby
and you won’t feel it until the end
as long as you move slowly
and gasp the name
that kills.
Ah… eat from me, eat from my flesh.
Ah… among cannibals
Ah… take your time as you take my flesh apart.
Ah… among cannibals.
The Body Terror Song:
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body, oh yeah
I'm very sorry that you have to have a body
One that will hurt you, and be the subject of so much of your fear
It will betray you, be used against you, then it'll fail on you my dear
But before that, you'll be a doormat, for every vicious narcissist in the world
Oh how they'll screw you, all up and over, then feed you silence for dessert
I'm so sorry that you have to have a body
So very sorry that you have to have a body, oh yeah
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
Filled with infection
One hundred scabs singing in unison
Eyes and hands, sometimes bullets,
Uninvited, passing through us
Uninvited, passing through us
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
I'm sorry that you have to have a body
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Eat Your Young:
“Being in horrible circumstances turns you into a monster as well.”
Cannibal:
Lyrics below the line!
Eat Your Young:
I'm starving, darling
Let me put my lips to something
Let me wrap my teeth around the world
Start carving, darling
I wanna smell the dinner cooking
I wanna feel the edges start to burn
Honey, I wanna race you to the table
If you hesitate, the getting is gone
I won't lie, if there's something to be gained
There's money to be made, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
You can't buy this fineness
Let me see the heat get to it
Let me watch the dressing start to peel
It's a kindness, Highness
Crumbs enough for everyone
Old and young are welcome to the meal
Honey, I'm making sure the table's made
We can celebrate the good that we've done
I won't lie, if there's something still to take
There is ground to break, whatever's still to come
Get some
Pull up the ladder when the flood comes
Throw enough rope until the legs have swung
Seven new ways that you can eat your young
Come and get some
Skinning the children for a war drum
Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns
It's quicker and easier to eat your young
Cannibal:
Looking for a cavern
A place where she can stay
Waiting for the darkness
When she leaves obsessed to make her way to me
Because it's getting to the time when she will need to feed
And I am the willing victim of a cannibal
She rips out my bones just like I'm an animal
And right when I'm feeling like my blood is drained
She calls it a game
But the wound that she leaves is unmistakable
I'm not the only one that she has come to see
Dig up the skeletons of men who thought that they would be the one like me
Like they could be the ones to make her believe
But for now
I am the willing victim of a cannibal
She rips out my bones just like I'm an animal
And right when I'm feeling like my blood is drained
She calls it a game
But the wound that she leaves is unmistakable
Hiding in corners, disguised
She's a phantom, a glimmer inside
She keeps on feeding while I am conceding
So please, won't you tear me open wide?
I am the willing victim of a cannibal
She rips out my bones just like I'm an animal
And right when I'm feeling like my blood is drained
She calls it a game
But the wound that she leaves is unmistakable
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Eat Me:
“Remember the guy who put his arm into the meat grinder? I think he would have liked this song.”
The Lost Teeth Song:
“The age old TMA question: how did these teeth GET here????”
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Eat Me:
I'm on the menu
You won't get indigestion
I even come with dessert
I'm not your poison
You won't need medication
Your insides won't even hurt
Eat me
From my skin down to the bone
Eat me
You can evolve
Eat me
You can really give the dog a bone
Before I change my mind and I sink my teeth in you
Eat me
A second helping
My meat is nice and tender
One bite and you will sold
Take me for later
I have no expiration
My blood will never go low
Eat me
From my skin down to the bone
Eat me
You can evolve
Eat me
You can really give the dog a bone
Before I change my mind and I sink my teeth in you
Eat me
Smile as you rip flesh from my spine to my legs
Vile, all the scary things you'll find inside my head
Bite till I'm dead
I'm on the menu
Are you hungry?
Eat me
From my skin down to the bone
Eat me
You can evolve
Eat me
You can really give the dog a bone
Before I change my mind and I sink my teeth in you
Eat me
Eat me
The Lost Teeth Song:
I was making my rounds at Splashy Town
You know, the indoor water park
Shutting down the endless wave
Dead of night, pitch dark
Just to clarify
I'm a security guard
Not a lifeguard who stayed too late
My weapon is a pool noodle
A glint of light pierced the night
I saw some popcorn bro
Scooped it up and tossed it back
It was teeth I don't kno
It was teeth I don't know
It was teeth I don't know
Stop
-Just to clarify I did know they were teeth I just didn't know who's teeth they were
Who left these teeth
Who needs them now
Who's sittin' on the couch
Gummin' on some crunchy chow
Ooooohhhhhh
Me, I'm eating peanut brittle
And I'm fed up
You see I lost my teeth earlier today
In a fight at a waterpark called Splashy Town
I'm gonna break into Splashy Town
Tonight
Right now
I'm breaching the slide
That runs outside
I'm gummin' an entrance hole
Reaching the spot where my teeth got knocked
To get the teeth that I know
The teeth that he knows
The teeth that he know
(Arpeggio): Am
What was that?
It felt like a pool noodle
It was a pool noodle
I'm the security guard
And that's my weapon
Well I was just looking for my teeth man
You're looking for teeth?
Yeah I lost them in a battle with a man earlier today
In this vicinity
That's an amazing coincidence
I recently found some teeth
That I did not know
Let me see em'
Oh, yup, they're mine
He left his teeth
He's got them now
No more sittin' on the couch
Gummin' on some crunchy chow
Oooooohhhhh
By the way, you know anything about a hole over in the slide
Stop
Yeah, I gummed my way in that way I'll also be leaving that way you might wanna patch it up afterward.
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