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a bird in the undertow
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I don't want to be
hostile.
I don't want to be
dismal.
But I don't want to
rot in
an apathetic existance .
See
I want to believe you,
and I wanted to trust you
and I want to have faith to
put away the dagger.
But you
lie, cheat, and steal.
you lie
cheat and steal
you lie
cheat and steal
And yet
I tolerate you.
Veil of virtue
hung to
hide your method
while I
smile and laugh and
dance and sing your
praise and glory.
Shroud of virtue
hung to
mask your stigma
as I smile and laugh and
dance
and sing your glory
while you
lie, cheat, and steal.
you
lie, cheat, and steal
you
lie, cheat, and steal
How can I tolerate you.
Our guilt,our blame ,
I've been far too sympathetic.
Our blood, our fault.
I've been far too sympathetic.
I am not innocent.
You are not innocent.
No-one is innocent.
you
lie, cheat, and steal
you
lie, cheat, and steal
you
lie, cheat, and steal
how can i tolerate you?
I will
not tolerate you
Even if
I must go down beside you.
Because,
No-one is innocent.
(Maynard James Keenen, 1993)
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