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Self​-​Inflicted

from Death Drive by American Slang

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I was a quiet kid
Bit the insides til I bled
Let the words die in my mouth
Loved imagination
Loved other worlds
Anywhere not be with myself
Other people confused me
And isolation didn't help
Until mental crept slowly but surely
And the other kids they could tell
An easy target
A cheap shot
Until depression and vitriol finally made a shell
A devil to protect what little was left of me
And he protected it well
But you make deals with the devil
You never hear about what he sells
Open my veins
Bring a gun to school
That's the only way out
But I fought of those urges
I drowned out those voices
I made a place in a world of fake peace
That you only broke me for war in

I exist in a vision of hell
Forced to inflict pain on others
To feel less pain myself

I learned to recognize the teeth in a smile
before the lips could move
I learned how to slit your throat
Before you entered the room
I learned to live by having empathy
Bled out of me by you
The only impulse left was
Cut them before they cut you

I don't know where I got the impression
That this world gives a shit
It's just pain
And a grave
And what you take between it
I can hear the devil calling again
"Son make up your mind soon"
"Either kill yourself or don't"
"Boy you better cut yourself before they cut you"

It's just you
And your anger
And your hope
That this world can give you more than just a rope
And a promise for a chair
Kick it out and leave you swinging there
It's just you
And your anger
And your hope

Death Drive

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from Death Drive, released May 22, 2020

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