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Raziel

from Toluca Lake by Toluca Lake

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Before time tore the world asunder
My thirst for blood became a hunger.
And all that's left beating inside my breast is black as coal.
You won't exist, won't break my promise.
A world besieged, I will preserve it.
And under loving skies I set my hungering eyes upon your soul.

I have seen the ruins to come.
I've seen the plague.
I've seen the end of the days of man.
They clutch their weapons straight to the end, as if that will save them.
I have seen a lover succumb
to the doctrine
whispered until it grew
larger than man, it grew into your name carved onto a grave stone.

And like a fool, I bite my tail.
Coming one step closer to the guarded veil.

There are no heroes here.
You'll have to make due with me.
Approaching the puppeteer,
I try to pull off the strings that force my hand
but I'm just part of their plan.

When your leaders kneel down in style
their smile so vile, it goes on for miles and
they tell you there's everything to be afraid of
and they start the crusade of protection
because the others are so fucking dangerous
that is the end
And when I approach, it seems as if I've been here before
but I'm never quite sure

And like a fool, I bite my tail
Coming one step closer to the guarded veil

There are no heroes here.
You'll have to make due with me.
Approaching the puppeteer,
I try to pull off the strings that force my hand
but I'm just part of their plan.

I've met death, an infant's final breath.
When I draw near to fulfill the role that no one else will
Don't expect charity since no one's life is worth a thing.
Will the ends justify the means? We'll never know if I don't succeed.
I can only hope that all existence is worth saving.
(With shaking hands, through rising sands
the past defined with mourning mind
With aching heart, I do my part)

There are no heroes here.
You'll have to make due with me.
Approaching the puppeteer,
I try to pull off the strings that force my hand
but I'm just part of their plan.

I played into their hands.
There are no heroes here.
Approaching the puppeteer,
my cosmic fate defined.
The coin finally lands on its side.

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from Toluca Lake, released February 2, 2015

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