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Artist: Gabriel Kahane
Canonical path: /gabriel-kahane/the-basement-engineer
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Basement Engineer
Read The Basement Engineer lyrics by Gabriel Kahane on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Basement Engineer
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The basement engineer inventor
If there’s free speech he believes truth will prevail
Blind to the movements of the emperor
In his palace made of glass he thumbs the scale
Watch his dead eyes open
As the rats come to feed
Angry words are spoken
Someday someone’s gonna bleed
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Gabriel Kahane performs "The Basement Engineer", and this lyric page sits inside the Gabriel Kahane catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Slumlord Crocodile (115 E. 3rd St.) and To Be American with a short reason for opening each page next.
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