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Taken
03:19
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in a safe place, a black briefcase with secure latches
time to return to the one I was, submerged in pure madness
the phone call I received ended with a promise made
talk is made, much like the few who know me, I was taught to slay
there's no chance anyone facing wrath can even hop away
never happened before, never going to, and not today
my friends invited over, babysitting pop stars
for old time's sake, I helped them out, hidden in cop cars
...around every corner lurks a devious threat
best dread the artist leaving streaked graffiti of red
unless information's sought, it's immediate death
I'm alert, keyed in to hearts beating in chests
...scaring myself with the repeated ease of success
what I call relaxing, killers treat as a stress
the hunter and the prey, a hundred to spray today
going through my list, checking it twice, the bullet ballet
no valet, I'm driven and the park is mine
heart is keyed in to architecture of a dark design, park the line
right between what you expected and the threshold of your pain
neural networks engulfed in the flames
when I strike, there isn't a god who can save you
running though religions, seeking out a name who
may do something more for you than the previous
but odds are good you'll be laid out with the hedonists
you're talking with a mouthful of gums and keep repeating it
each thing I speak is a promise, I putting shark teeth in it
keys to the castle and the king has returned
match and the gasoline, I'm bringing the burn
strapped to a chair, defiant in a dank basement
electrified with my designed interrogation
the bare bulb flickers when a question's avoided
no holy water, blood and sweat is the annointment
the rictus of the vindictive tendons try to escape skin
I'm old testament god, they've committed a great sin
somewhere between a grin and a grimace is my payback
can I get an amen, my daughter the needle in this haystack
retraced steps from airports to private auction
emasculating Lotharios and security teams often
I'm lost in the need to save the princess
outside of a spot for family, my heart is where the Grinch slept
instead of hope and a future, enemies lives are at stake
burn them down with Salem witches, violent is hate
there's no surviving the wraith whose eyes are a gate to personal hells
surveying their weakness and is immersed in it well
no mirth, just a trail of leftover human breadcrumbs
the few left alive to send a message are short of breath, stunned
so let's run the table and watch the chairman bleed
vengeance is mine with racing bullets, so spare the speech
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Permanent Midnight
02:49
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playing slip-n-slide on the bathroom floor
instead of a hose, I've got puke galore
you've been warned, my humidor is more than inhuman
filling it again and again and it stays hollow, a storm in the ruin
so conformist a union from what they pay and what my brain makes
a dollar is burned at the alter whenever it is the same place
a grand mal seizure of rain dance in the same hands that hold a savior
give my all for a moment to chase the now, the toll is later
the coldest labor, no love lost in this here endeavor
holding the wheel long enough to steer to never
I've got hiding places my conscience can't locate
groundhog to the grindstone the second hand rotates
a slow chase with no grace, my soul scrapes
waiting to find the bottom of this trampoline to go safe
a neck ajar, slumped against the god of porcelain
needs unsatiated, an anaconda that's engorged on them
adored the pen and now it's penance, fueling fires
this delusional fuel admired, so cruel the choir
I hear them singing to swans in the thrall of appetites
swear I had a fight now I'm leaving the war unsatisfied
so mad at my ways but not enough to change the outcome
let alone the practices, what matters is I'm now numb
a coward slumped close enough to smell yesterdays
open wounds on arms, long sleeves, lead a festered maze
a resume of people yelling, saying "yes you may"
my precious resident settles in, and the guest awaits
left to pray but God is turning a blind eye
and two deaf ears to the fears causing me to try flying
Daedalus editors sitting with zen repentant penmanship
coax a few more scripts, I'm sitting at the edge of a cliff
begging the wind to lift giving me a chance I'd never take
if I jump, will nature's forces help me levitate?
if heaven awaits, it's only for saint peter's rejection speech
and everyone behind the gate to laugh at me, remember grief?
my trembling teeth in itchy gums are not their concern
let alone the hands leading this moth to the burn
a monster can earn his keep, keeping the cage floor
full of dead presidents, this is what I'm paid for
it's not real, but was it ever? My grim cadence is syndicated
I've been away for too long, my grin's the latest
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Crank
03:18
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racing racing racing faster
chasing chasing chasing after
can't let my level of adrenaline drop
or allow my mind to hold the gentlest thought
gunning for the final boss, ready or not
pumas on my feet kept me aloft
my motion stays perpetual, a video game man
mapping payback in Angelina's wasteland
the estimated span of my life is so short
pedal to the floor and supply the blow torch
speedometer needle kicks with the force to break spines
the one thing I can't do is take time
somewhere out there...is an antidote
I'm half animal slash with cannonballs of Hannibal
given another chance for this heart to pump blood
just enough time to exact revenge
smash defense, let the bodies hit the floor and bounce
fluid draining rapidly in many amounts
a body count turning abacuses into rattlesnakes
nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, not even Adelaide
a battle waged by a driven opponent
another down, another one set to fall, bonus
made them drop they were boneless, hocus pocus
a mastermind with his soulless opus
run into a club challenge the entire gang
eyes of maniac, end it with a bang
no complaints no regrets no time to take a breath
no chance to make amends, ready to go and break the lens
hospitals, shocking myself with brute force
kick back's a mother producing a youth war
hitching a ride on the back of a cop motorbike
far from ready for a tag to tie this toe of mine
is it too much to ask to live?
or must I visit new wrath with a lust to shiv?
I must admit, if the glove doesn't fit, then it's gone
ready to leave it all behind, then the menace spawned
a bald Megatron unloading all of his rage
death tall surging, call it a craze
jumper cable french kiss, lifelong friendships
woozy with the hypodermic ready to end it
awakening to a TV with sobering scenes
retirement is permanent, or so it would seem
never underestimate the desire to live
a fighter surviving with his fists, weapons and wits
ever seen a car ride an escalator?
souped up, cruising the mall with the flavor
crosshairs, done a thousand jobs of wet work
enough cash to quit, done hiking my net worth
batteries, transformer boxes you name it
got to keep my heart racing no matter the cadence
falling from the plane, no chute, the game over
now to find a quarter, reboot the pain, closer
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Hanna
03:50
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genetically modified...every part of me on a line...assembly,
injected a mother, killed...raised to murder, what a thrill, trembling
skills honed in a distant land of frost
bow and arrows, slay the beasts to eat, tearing out hearts, holding my bloody hand aloft
any would be trackers, father figure ran them off
bearing a military industrial complex phantom cross
when I was truly prepared, the tracking device was activated
stealth mode helicopters dropped special ops, packs of sadists
floodlights spilling invasively, seeking to isolate me
all the better to identify me as the target for marksmen, rifles waiting
my knife is pacing, back and forth from these ambidextrous hands
adept at delivering death in a definite span, any weapon command
is mine for the taking, heart racing running from a darkened satan
contagion in a three piece suit and heels, suitably evil, blood congeals
been hiding for too long, time to find her location and name, what's the deal?
somehow found, awakened in a jumpsuit, the captain plays Tenille
I'm mumbling, feigning helplessness, going in for sympathy's embrace
a snapped neck for the disposal, emergency sirens cover the base
armed guards flooding my cell, or training dummies brought to life to die now?
submission holds, now holding a gun, all the soldiers lie down
eyeballs hiding behind microphones and closed circuits are panicking
a killing machine bridging the gap between instinct and my mechanic shrieks
the door's ajar, I'm slipping out to the thrum of loudspeakers and army boots
too fixated on surviving to concern myself with any charming ruse
just there, shadows cast on the wall guide me to a ventilation duct
easier to avoid than waste energy on those with guns raising up
my bare feet slap the cold cement with enough drive to keep me away
trying to unravel the puzzle pieces, maternity wards with evil arrays
beast and the prey, time for a dizzying role reversal, set it here
somewhere between the temporal lobe and heightened lively of my hemispheres
flickering synapses stutter attack modes in advanced throes and killshots
looking for any method of escape, standing above the hilltop
a trapped daughter of Blackwater and manslaughter, advanced, thought of
a plan, caught up in vans, solemn with hands, acknowledging all of them stand
a world amalgamated from tomes dog eared and outdated
betrayed by the very one who claimed to hold me close, now facing
the proud patient, the sole success story from her mechanical womb
the miserly matron's mortality facing the grim reaper's manacles soon
in a strange land festooned with the surreal and abandoned, the end begins
they killed the one man who explained my reason for being condemned to win
high heels tap carnival ride sleepers, in search of a masterpiece
but these brushstrokes are bristles which made genetic traits that slash and bleed
an immaculate beast hidden inside of my inconspicuous form
the calm marching in death's valley, calling forth the wickedest storm
Let me be clear, this isn't a war, it's a prisoner understanding its bars
living off the land and instincts, all the while planning to march
a funeral dirge for the beautiful lies enchanted by her woven web
building the perfect killing machine, indeed, but never knowing the ledge
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Charles Oakley
03:34
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For a dinner of tasty brats crazy cops chased me 80 blocks
In a baking hot black and gray Fiat that maybe got
3 miles to the gallon with a baby cot
So I sit back and pray that I’m way beyond
Their wavelength and bandwidth
Cause San spits acidic to limit the mimics whenever it is my hand twists
Wrist is listless, holding a cancerous lance
Your surviving? There’s no chance of it man, abandon your plan
I’m a tarantula, cramping your lack of style here
So fear the guy in disguise piping in Zamfir with the grand beard
No wizard is needed
Whenever Stephen speaks it, heed it with the quickness
Otherwise, find your ears bleeding
Your simple rimes move units but never brain cells
My lyrics are trained to maim well whenever the pain dwells
As for the rest, they fell and never recovered
never mind an upholstery store man, my sentiment’s rougher
So let an upstanding member of society cold rip it up once
The mastodon Cornelius, draining all of your trust funds
Crush crumbs to subatomic powder for Susan Powter to Snort
Filth Anselmo with suede Velcro, mouth for the war
Now to repoire, I’ve done it all. Abundant and then some
My Marianas Trench tongue outlook is deep
It gets deep enough to drown nine leviathans
My arrival has rivals unraveling with my style, grim
Tremble in denial, hope the teeth whitening distracts
Chips flying in the air, enamel snowstorm collapse
My cohort is stacked with enough to crush your speakerboxes
I breath apocalypse to bleed you novice novelists
Hobbling hobnobbing authors offer a slaughter dose
Got you calling an audible, drowned out in the crowd’s roars
I’ll take you out in three, no need for round 4
Adidas purple cordura forums, your crown, torn
A lowly rival wanted his Doleac trophy back
I told him hit the road on all fours and a Moby hat
There’s no rehab from the sickness which my mind inflicts
Addictive riming schemes, saliva screams, it’s kind of sick
Got psychiatrics looking at me like it’s time to tick
And I’m the bomb, ready to detonate in a riming blitz
Tonight it is the proper time to let them all know.
I’ll cut fast, but in the replay, they’ll fall slow
Appalled at the show with Paltrow in a Volvo
I wait for all these dinosaurs, will they evolve? No.
My riming is a sword forged in a torturous rage
Forced, the unfortunate step and it’s more for the grave.
I’m at war with the page, trying to drown it in the blackest ink
Soon enough it succumbs to the one…in half a blink.
A tattered wing from a fallen angel provides the pen.
Fort Wayne to wherever you call home, invite him in.
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