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Immaculate conception

Unimaginable deception

Bloodied bible

Walls pitted

Plastered with black

Brush the bullets

From the pelleted pews

Panicked prayers

Dynamite dreams

Shattered screams

Sentenced to life

Punished to create

Hell on earth

The color of cages

The sound of metal

The taste of time

Drowning in drought

Dying in doubt

Dreadful days

Demoniac nights

I always do it wrong

It’s my theme song

Conform and play along

The usual suspects

The resemblance is uncanny

Crimes passed down from family

Psalms of a liar

Set the world on fire

It’s getting late

Time to change the channel

Drunk at midnight

Rabid dog bite