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X.Y.U.

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X.Y.U.

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She didn't wanna be

She didn't wanna know

She couldn't run away

'Cause she was crazy

She gave it all away

She saw her baby break

And in the air it hung

That she was dull razors

And I said

I wanna fill you up

I wanna break you

I wanna give you up

From one another

Another one should come

To one another

No one should come between us

Still I was lonely

And she was by my side

My one and only

Knows that she could never hide

I couldn't feel her

And it was just a game

'Cause I was lonely

And she was crazy

Rat-tat-tat

Ka boom boom

Now take that

And just a bit of this

'Cause I'm a watcher

And I'm a doer of none

Come to save you

'Cause you're all mine

I hurt where I can't feel

I feel where I can't hurt

I know where I can't know

I bleed for me and mine

Ka-boom

Ahhhhhh

Rat-tat-tat

And some good ole bliss

'Cause I'm a sister

And I'm a motherfuck

I am made of shamrocks

I am made of stern stuff

I am never enough

I am the forgotten child

And I said

I wanna fill you up

I wanna break you

I wanna give you up

From one another

No one should ever come

In between us

Between us and our love

Mary had a little lamb

Her face was white as snow

And everywhere that mary went

I was sure to go

Now Mary's got a problem

And Mary's not a stupid girl

Mary's got some deep shit

And mary does not forget

And this is how

Mary's garden grows

And this is how

Mary has her ghosts

And into the eyes of the Jackyl I say ka-boom

Now we begin descent

To where we've never been

There is no going back

This wasn't meant to last

This is a hell on earth

We are meant to serve

And she will never learn

She will never learn

Bye bye

Baby goodbye

Bye bye

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