They tied his arms behind his back To teach him how to swim They put blood in his coffee And milk in his gin They stood over the soldier In the midst of the squalor There was war in his body And it caused his brain to holler Make the sacrifice Mutilate my face If you need someone to kill Im a man without a will Wash the razor in the rain Let me luxuriate in pain Please dont set me free Death means a lot to me The pain was lean and it made him scream He knew he was alive He put a pin through the nipples on his chest He thought he was a saint Ive made love to my mother, killed my father and brother What am I to do When a sin goes too far, its like a runaway car It cannot be controlled Spit upon his face and scream Theres no oedipus today This is no play youre thinking you are in What will you say Take the blue mask down from my face And look me in the eye I get a thrill from punishment Ive always been that way I loathe and despise repentance You are permanently stained Your weakness buys indifference And indiscretion in the streets Dirtys what you are and clean is what youre not You deserve to be soundly beat Make the sacrifice Take it all the way Theres no "wont" high enough To stop this desperate day Dont take death away Cut the finger at the joint Cut the stallion at his mount And stuff it in his mouth
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