The Altar/Mary

[00:00.01] I'm feeling ready
[00:01.16] Born into a cage that leads directly to the slaughter
[00:05.50] Ritual sacrifice at the altar of the altar of the fucking dollar
[00:10.78] The machine needs blood
[00:12.76] The show must go on
[00:14.48] Can't have the upper class if there's no one underneath them
[00:18.84] Sawing through the top rungs before selling you
[00:22.18] A chance to climb the corporate ladder
[00:24.12] At the base of the ivory tower, the bodies pile up
[00:28.75] Lured you with a future but it won't exist
[00:33.06] Shamed you for a failure that they won't admit
[00:37.71] Somebody has to die as a warning to the rest
[00:41.85] Shut up and get in line, take what you can get
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[00:52.95] Oh, Lord, I wish that I could quit
[00:56.83] But the idol in the middle tends to rule with a fist
[01:00.88] I'm not blind
[01:04.04] But my hands are tied
[01:08.59] I'll tint my lenses rose, I'm handing people hope
[01:13.32] They'd rather make ends meet than meet their maker with a rope (right?)
[01:18.95] I'm not Satan, just a friend
[01:21.08] So I might pay my penance when I get my dividend (rise!)
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[01:43.25] Somebody has to die
[01:51.03] Somebody has to die
[01:59.13] Somebody has to die
[02:03.18] Somebody has to die
[02:07.75] Somebody has to die
[02:11.35] Die
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[02:33.48] I say I'm okay but I've got a ways to go
[02:40.72] Both ends of the candle burn the rope
[02:48.51] So talk to me, talk to me, I've got it bad
[02:56.21] Forgot what I needed, lost what I had
[03:04.84] Mary, I feel the Devil in this room tonight
[03:12.26] I'm fading, I'm a sinner and I can't stop now
[03:17.52] Unless I hold my breath long enough to see God
[03:24.72] Somebody wake me up 'cause I'd rather be anywhere else
[03:32.93] And if I don't come back
[03:37.01] You could be my epitaph
[03:40.77] I could live in painted glass
[03:44.62] Just like you, just like you
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