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Reptile

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Reptile

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In here a tale of a boy who reached the masses

His name was billy and he liked to get high

A normal guy until the green-skin apocalypse

A do or die

There must be something in the water

(Besides fluoride and shit) where he lie

He threw that gaping brain asunder when he realized

When he realized it's coming down

We've sown thrones and brought the kings down to knees

Hello, here we are, salutations

And every day that you wake is a gift that you take from the gods

That's right

You came from the trees and we altered the genes

Here you are

All you fuck with is wages

You had the day but you pissed it away

I think it's time that we show our ways

Now we shed that violence all over

Let mayhem in the streets

From the mountain top to oceans, we own your every need

It's coming down

With every breath that we take we can hear that sound

Somebody needs a reaction to stay on the ground

With every breath that we take, we can hear that sound

A green-skin apocalypse

A do or die

So Billy heeds the call of fathers

Release high

Through these eyes

Embraces the chi and he praises the weeds

Holding out for the day he can face them

Every day that he trains is a slap in the face to the gods

God damn

Shutting out politics

Viewing beings as equals

Ain't it funny how that makes sense?

You had the floor, but you gave it a bore

Now it's equal

Can we clean that slate?

Now shed that violence all over

Let mayhem in the streets

From mountain top to oceans, we own your every need

It's coming down

Somebody needs a reaction to stay on the ground

It's coming down

Follow a trail of the ones who bleed the masses

Follow behind the reptilian eyes

A normal day in the green-skin apocalypse

A do or die

There must be something in the water

Where he lie, where he lie

He threw that gaping brain asunder

When he realized, when he realized

National alliance and he leads the fight

No class, no race, just fucking violence in their eyes

A plan for human survival takes to flight

The good that's left and all we cherish stands to die

Is this the end of all we know?

They all float

Is this the end of all we know?

Wasted our lives for what?

Float away

Do we feed the reaction?

Do we stay?

Do we all float away?

Do you think you know who you are?

Did you think you had it all worked out well?

And who could believe those dead-eyed soldiers?

Red sky rainfall

The winter beams no beauty

Just cold-eyed monsters and bare branches

You can wail to the moon, but that'll just make things worse

They see you

They see me

They see all

No children in the streets

Where do they play when freedom here has been revoked?

The ground which all their fathers soaked

No medicine

The scarcity of nourishment is evident

And where's our God?

Have we seen that side of heaven yet? No

Rich, poor

Clutching to their sheets in horror

Is there an answer?

Is there somebody who can take away all the present dismay?

Bury the light

Pray through night

Mayhem in the streets

No order

Is there an answer?

Is there somebody who can take away all the present dismay?

Bury the light

Pray through night

You've buried that, buried that light

Now pray through night

What has come down is littered all around in your sight

It's littered in your sight

The claim they stake

A land from us they take

The craft he shakes

A race within his wake

Victory alone became his above the soil we know

A grave is laid

A man within it's cage

Victory alone became his down in the soil he owns

Soil we know becomes our own home

Now we're staring at the ground together

It is not the first time or the last time

Soil we own becomes ours

Order back in what we know

Soil we own becomes ours

Now one with the soil we own

Soil we own becomes ours

Order back in what we know

Soil we own becomes ours

Now one with the soil we own

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