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Artist: Exile Academy
Canonical path: /exile-academy/artful-deception
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Artful Deception
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Artful Deception
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They lead you down.
The river flows but the grass won't grow…
Inside this moat.
Will we sink or will we float?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Don't you wanna know…
What happens to the princess in the forest fighting off her demons.
Dagger/outstretched hand from a distant land.
Trying to bring her to her knees.
Trying to write her destiny.
Yeah…
They lead you down.
The river flows but the grass won't grow…
Inside this moat.
Will we sink or will we float?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Don't you wanna know? (x4)
Johnny sees with x-ray eyes.
A big black hole in the vertical sky.
A city burning like a wick with no reply.
Her heart grows cold like a steel blanket of flesh.
Define for us, Johnny, what's an archangel?
Don't you wanna know?
That he'll bring you death?
If you swallow that smoke…!(x3)
Don't swallow that smoke! (You're gonna choke!)
Yeah…
They lead you down.
The river flows but the grass won't grow…
Inside this moat.
Will we sink or will we float?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Does anybody know?
Don't you wanna know? (x4)
Yeah, the river flows…
As the skies implode.
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