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Artist: The Mars Volta
Canonical path: /the-mars-volta/imago
Related lyric paths: 6
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Imago
Read Imago lyrics by The Mars Volta on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Imago
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My anguish told you
A persistent lie
The parasitic circuits that you push by wheel
Were spoken to me every time
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These packs we keep in secret
Are drinking from a well that was cured by drought
My torment adores you
When my strings are tied
Out of compulsion I must decimate
The sapless embryonic miles
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These packs we keep in secret
Are drinking from a well that was cured by drought
My lives are burrowed voices
Twisted by the handle so they won't let go
These limbs are idle creatures
Extensions of a spirit that has no control
My heart is trapped inside
And I refuse to accept this throne
My night’s unfolding
Reads like a page of test results
This sterile codex
Is missing all my life's resolve
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These packs we keep in secret
Are drinking from a well that was cured by drought
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