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Beast (live at Precinct)
03:17
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can't starve this fever
gotta feed my soul
burning up at 101, I'm a hunter, want a gun
hungry like an animal
tonight my eyes are burning red, tomorrow you're just a little dead
and me, I've never felt more alive
I'll swallow all your silver bullets - don't matter where you put it,
I'm the one who's gettin' inside
they say it's terminal
and I know I got nowhere to go
you'll be the final destination for me and my
contagion
this fever
won't move your mercury
no, your probes, your needles, your antenna won't tell you whether I'm
h-h-hot enough to give it to you
there is no antidote for me
and I'm giving you my most potent treatment
look, look close, my furs are showing, my teeth are growing and it won't be long below before i get you into me
they say it's terminal
and I know you got nowhere to go
there is no vaccination against me and my
contagion
think you gonna sweat me out
no, I am gonna run you down
diagnosis: animal
prognosis: terminal
I got it
you want it
you caught it
your happy trigger ain't no use
I got the only cure for you
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Mama (live at Precinct)
03:56
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mama, mama
don't make me go there
they're gonna cut my milk teeth out
they're gonna burn my hair
mama mama
don't make me go there
mama
mama
don't make me go there
mama, mama
they're gonna hold me down
stake my shoulders to the sky
and flay me to the ground
mama, mama
they're gonna take me down
mama
mama
oh, where are you now
mama
I hear voices inside
what are they saying, mama,
what makes 'em cry?
mama
see the needles in their eyes
stitch me to that cherry tree
and bleed me till I'm
dry
mama, mama
what have they done
pulled apart my little heart
and left it in the sun
mama, mama
what have you done?
mama
mama
they're gonna cut me
they're gonna burn me
they're gonna take me
mama don't you let 'em turn me
don't make me go
don't make me go
tell them no
mama, won't you let me
go
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I got swallowed up in Bali
Washed up wasted at the riverside
Slipped the ferryman a twenty
Told him to take me on a different ride
Red sand, red hot sea
No place on Earth that I'd rather be
No way in Hell I'm gonna roll that stone
Gonna chase that lava down into the impact zone
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Devil's never gonna know
How I got away from his undertow
Leaving trails of fire as I go
No he's never gonna catch this wayward soul
Horror movie reel unfurled
Surfing through the underworld
Chain gangs stoke the fires of Hell
That light up the nights over brimstone swells
Wide berth for the tempest swoon
Lusty souls swirling in doom
Sinners in bondage run shit out of luck
But as long as I'm riding, man, I don't give a fuck
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - penetrate into the limbo
Tide turns fast, lights burn slow - tickling the face of the limbo
Devil's never gonna know
How I got away from his undertow
Leaving trails of fire as I go
No he's never gonna catch this wayward soul
They'll never take me alive down here
Not when I'm already dead
Devil's never gonna know
How I got away from his undertow
Leaving trails of fire as I go
No he's never gonna catch this wayward soul
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Storm rising, rising up in me
Storm rising, rising up in me
Woman take cover but you never gonna get away from under me
Got thunder, got lightning in my bones
Gonna take to the sky, to the wind and roam
Storm rising, rising up inside
Woman can run - woman, you can't hide
You can fly from the eagle, you can run from the snake
From the bull, from the bear, but you gonna meet your fate
In the form of a shepherd, on the wings of a dove
You can run home to your man, but I know he won't be the one you love
Storm rising, rising up inside, woman you can't hide - no, no
I will see through your disguise, get you out on the run
Take you on my back if it's the one way you'll come
And woman you're coming anywhere i take you
Woman you won't scream until I make you
Gonna rain down on you golden sweat
Gonna drip sweet nectar on your prisoner lips
Cover you woman from head to toe
No letting up, no letting go
Storm breaking - breaking on the ground, gonna break you down - break it down!
So you tasted the thunder, you tasted the rain
Woman got no respect, woman got no shame
He thought you were good enough to weather the storm
But that lightning you carrying won't never be yours
Storm water flooding - gonna wash it away, woman you Gonna pay
You better bundle it up, hide it under the ground
You know that's where it's going anyway when I track it down
Woman, you ain't no queen - gonna break your crown
Go on and cry, baby, cry - soon you won't make a sound
No, heaven won't help you now
Lightning strikes twice, gonna strike you again
Mortal woman, did you know that
Lightning will strike twice - gonna strike you again
You hear this message, woman to woman:
You can never win
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love bomb
get it on
throw the switch
set it off
gonna get your rockets off
snake tongue
whispering
sticky venom in your wet, wet dream
so hot
but maybe not
everything it seems
a heavenly vision
is it venus or eve?
well, whoever she is, she's looking good in fatigues
she's dressed to kill
dressed to tease
she shoots to thrill and aims to please
love bomb
get it on
push the plunger
set it off
gonna get your rockets off
sweet heart
of the song tra bong
watch her strike a pose like major kong, she says
this is my rifle
is, uh, that your gun
I can show you where to point it if you wanna have some fun
now don't deny your essence
this is war
just gimme what's precious and i promise you'll score - now:
love's a machine
you gotta use it or rust, now
hands on the throttle
baby gimme some thrust
love bomb
get it on
grab your battle axe
make a stand
swing it high, swing it hard
use both hands
swing, and swing
and swing it around
keep your finger on my trigger and your knees on the ground
swing it all night, honey
swing all day
don't argue with me private, you won't ever get your way
swing it at them, honey
swing it at me
i got you staring down the barrel, do you like what you see?
swing it at me, honey
swing it at you
when i start a war, i never lose
red tide
watch it swell
world on fire and it's hot as hell
bodies lying
bone to bone
wet, dirty, pant and moan and
cry for mama - ha:
grow up, son
if you can't be a man, then you'd better not come
didn't you know
that it can never be
as good for you as it was for me
love bomb
get it on
throw the switch
set it off
gonna get your rockets off
love bomb
get it on
you'd give it up
you swear you can
but you'll only let it out of your cold, dead hands
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knock knock
what are you doing here
knock knock
put down your iron fist get outta my
Schlage lock
and get off my knob
and get off my lawn
get gone
I remember when the rockets came
you, you ran, ran away
your crown has fallen on my head
and it looks good on me
time stands still
poised on poison pills
you raised your right hand
left your left behind
it's mine, it's mine
it's time
armistice?
i will resist
i got you now
and you are never gonna
hold me down
my title may be fabricated
but you're the one who abdicated
now you're back to show us all your sorry face
and I have got to be the one to eradicate it
we won't
let you back in the back door
we won't
let you shame us anymore
we don't
care if you say you wanna make it right
no!
you can't come back without a fight
time stands still
poised on poison pills
you raised your right hand
left your left behind
it's mine, it's mine
it's time
armistice?
I will resist
I got you now
and I am not afraid to hold it down
olive branches
second chances
too soon, too soon
blown apart
like Bonaparte
shot naked at the moon
armistice?
I will resist
I got you now
now
now, now, now, now
armistice?
I will resist
I got you now
and you are never gonna
hold us down
hold us down
hold us down
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sometimes
every word's so drained of meaning
undermined
shoot me through a stained glass ceiling
lifetimes of consolations
can't prove that it's a matter of time
those tears shed in the shadows
can't move this heart of mine
go on
become
Houdini to the chains on my love
realize
sometimes
the world winks before it smiles
petrified
laid a thousand years in waiting
compromised
walked the quiet line abating
swallowed all the ghosts of ghosts
reaffirmed what matters the most
all things considered in light and shade
this trouble's the greatest gift you gave
go on
become
Houdini to the chains on my love
realize
sometimes
the world winks before it smiles
watch me go alone
go on
become
Houdini to the chains on my love
realize
sometimes
the world winks before it smiles
go on
become
Houdini to the chains on my love
just wait
someday
the longing dissolves into sighs
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The Battleships Cometh Boston, Massachusetts
The Battleships Cometh are rock-hard hard rock, an energetic mix of stomping riffs, deep grooves, and heavy melodies.
Relentless beats and massive bass lay the foundation for guitar acrobatics and confrontational vocals.
Current projects by former members:
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