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Artist: Tool
Canonical path: /tool/vacant
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Vacant
Read Vacant lyrics by Tool on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Vacant
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You fucking retard, APC performed this live, not Tool
Dead as dead can be
From what the doctor tells me
But I just can't believe him
prefer the optimistic one
I'm sure of your ability
to become my perfect enemy
Wake up to face me
rise up and show me
someday I'll say you're vacant
and maybe you're better off this way
Leaning over you here
cold and catatonic
I catch a brief reflection
of what you could and might have been
It's your right and your ability
... My perfect enemy
Wake up, why can't you face me
rise up and show me
Someday I'll say you're vacant
and maybe you're better off this way
Maybe you're better off this way
People better off this way
You're better off this way
you're better off this
Maybe you're better off
Wake up, why can't you face me, come on and
Rise up, why can't you, show me
Some day I'll say you're vacant
and maybe you're better off this way
Go ahead and play dead
I know that you can hear this
Go ahead and play dead
I know that you can hear me
Why can't you turn and face me
You fucking disappoint me
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