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Artist: Black Mountain
Canonical path: /black-mountain/defector
Related lyric paths: 6
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Defector
Read Defector lyrics by Black Mountain on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Defector
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I don't believe in suicide
Rock'n'roll's contagious
Smile ain't fooling
They rolled their tanks straight
Through your head
Circumcised in debutante confusion
Restless youth are in decline
Start your wars but don't march blind
All those years of powdered mirrors
Watch the beat - how does it feel?
Arcade rules'n'battle plans
Rattled in confusion
Let those believe in flowered dreams
Bust your scene back on its knees
And I wanna be a defector
'Cause I want no part of their plan
Yeah, I wanna be a defector
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