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lacking knowledge; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

Appetite for a nightly feast

Those ignorant Indians got nothin' on me

Nothin', why?

open to attack; susceptible to attack

Vessel stabbed, next up, volunteers

Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere

A truant finds home

remain; remain present although waning or gradually dying

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And these days, they linger on

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psychic; someone who has the power of clairvoyance

Not recalling what they're for

I'm in love with clairvoyants

'Cause they're out of this world

situation; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

I know the girls wanna dance

Fall away their circumstance

I know the boys wanna grow

expect; make a prediction about; tell in advance

I changed by not changing at all

Small town predicts my fate

Perhaps that's what no one wants to see

fluency; powerful and effective language

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Fading lights, lost eloquence

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give up; give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

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Renounce the demagogues

King Diamond to discard

popular leader, troublemaker; a political leader who appeals to passions and prejudices

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Renounce the demagogues

King Diamond to discard

condemn; speak out against

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Denounce the demigods

King Diamond to discard

profound thought; continuous and profound contemplation on a deep subject

Projecting through the clouds

Meditations, drifting off in the sound

The more mistakes, the more resolve

thesis; a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research

Drowning in their dissertations

Random speakers in my mind

tighten; a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

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Makes much more sense to live in the present tense

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liberate; give equal rights to; of women and minorities

I took a drive today

Time to emancipate

I guess it was the beatings, made me wise

hostility; a state of deep-seated ill-will

Hand on my face, pushed to the ground

Enmity gaged, united by fear

Forced to endure what I could not forgive

admit; admit (to a wrongdoing)

The little that he sees

Is nothing he concedes, it's home

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fondness; an inclination to do something

Out on the go, send officials

Our propensity to breed

The higher, the farther, the faster you fly

thoughtfulness; consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense

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So I approach with tact

Suggest the he should relax

consider equal; consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

That our soldiers save

Does not equate, and

The truth's already out there

protester; a person who dissents from some established policy

When she couldn't hold, oh, she folded

A dissident is here

Escape is never the safest path

hermit; one who lives in solitude

This is a little trick I play on my own mind

I am a recluse in search of new friends

Are they gonna find me back where the road ends?

assume; take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

Yes, I know she's reached my heart in thin air

It's not in my past to presume

Love can keep on moving in both directions

suffer; put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Enmity gaged, united by fear

Forced to endure what I could not forgive

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pride; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Blame it all on chemical intercourse

The swallowed seeds of arrogance

Breeding in the thoughts of ten

firmness of purpose; bring to an end; settle conclusively

Are you getting out? Are you dropping bombs?

Have you heard of diplomatic resolve? Yeah

Precipitation, which side are you on?

avoiding insult; relating to or characteristic of diplomacy

Are you getting out? Are you dropping bombs?

Have you heard of diplomatic resolve? Yeah

Precipitation, which side are you on?

lower oneself; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

Come to send, not condescend

Transcendental consequence

storm; a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

Hurricane has the trade winds blowing

A gale force shaking windows in the storm

Shipwreck on the rock that he calls home

responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something

Both of us apart?

Are we bound out of obligation?

Is that all we've got?

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

And the solution? Well, from me far would it be

But the delusion is feeling dangerous to me

What goes wrong?

distressed; excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion

In my child's eye

I'm not frantic

I can feel it coming

overused phrase; a trite or obvious remark

Shoots down my sliding door

To the ocean of my platitudes

Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd

better; of high or superior quality or performance

On the edge of a know-nothing town

Feelin' quite superior

The aged come to the sky above

command of language; powerful and effective language

Down, down, down

Let the fluency set it down

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unwillingness; (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

Time to plant seeds of a reconstruction

No time this time to feign reluctance

It's like you're waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way.

come from; proceed or issue forth, as from a source

It's a disease and they're all green

It emanates from their being

A satiation with occupation

pay attention; pay close attention to; give heed to

The sirens scream wanton attention

Time to take heed and change direction

Time to take stock and make omissions

deep; showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

Hear the sirens

Hear the circus so profound

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determined; never-ceasing

I'm grateful now they've left

So persistent in my ways

Hey, Angel, I am here to stay

sediment; sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

Cast out everyday

Dregs of society

Underbelly, inside of me

distant; remote in manner

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A think tank of aloof multiplication

A nicotine wish and a columbus decanter

changeless; not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

How do they do it?

Uncanny and immutable

This is such a happening tailpipe of a party

useful, practical; serving to promote your interest

I got a cupboard full of fleshy fresh ingredients

A very careful at the same time quite expedient

Eats meat

saved item; a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

Combing through the wreckage, pouring through the sand

Surrounded by the remnants, what we could and couldn't have

Raking through the ashes, falling through my hands

agree; be in accord; be in agreement

Heard you repeat a-what ya heard.

Me knowing the truth I can not concure. Na-na.

Hormones firing like a fifty foot Roman, yeah.

accidental; happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

To the radar zone

It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine

It's all across this nation

deed; use or manipulate to one’s advantage

Hunters of land, hunters of sea

Exploit anything for money

I refer to anybody

simulation; something copied or derived from an original

To the radar zone

It's all just inadvertent imitation and I don't mean mine

It's all across this nation

drink; feed pigs

Wish you could help me, give me a pill...

Just a little drink that I could swill.

A little something, anything, anything, I'll try all...

dependable; incapable of failure or error

By thinking we're infallible

Oh we are tempting fate instead

bigot; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

I've had enough of hearing things

From schizophrenic egocentric mama's little chauvinists

All I want is the truth

glowing; softly bright or radiant

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Luminous thoughts were once all he had

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suggestion; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship

May I remind you of that scene

We were arms aloft in Aberdeen

May I remind you of that scene