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:14 - Wake up in the dark. The aftertaste of anger in the back of my mouth
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:25 - Spit it on the wall, and cough some more,
and scrape my skin with razor blades
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:37 - And make up in the new blood, and try to look so good. Follow me!
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:48 - Make up in the new blood, and follow me
to where the real fun is. Ha ha ha!!!
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1:00 - As stale and selfish as a sick dog, spurning sex like an animal of god
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1:11 - I'll tear your red hair by the roots, and hold you blazing,
hold you cherished in the dead electric light
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1:23 - Your face, I'll never see you this way again
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1:34 - I captured it so perfectly as if I knew you'd disappear away
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1:46 - Ahh shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake
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1:57 - Oww shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake
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2:09 - You hit me again, you howl and hit me again. The same sharp pain
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2:21 - Wakes me in the dark, and cuts me from my throat
to my pounding heart, my heart. My shaking heart
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2:32 - Shake shake Shake dog shake
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2:43 - Ahh shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake
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2:55 - But we slept all night in the virgin's bed,
and dreamed of death, and breathed like sick dogs
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3:07 - We slept all night in the virgin's bed, and breathed
like death, and dreamed of sick dogs, Shake shake.
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3:18 - Shake shake, shake dog shake
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3:30 - Shake shake, shake dog shake
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3:41 - Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake
Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake
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3:53 - Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake
Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake
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4:05 - Wake up in the new blood. Make up in the new blood
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4:16 - Shake up in the new blood, and follow me to where the real fun is...
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4:27 - Shake dog shake
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