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tasteless; lacking taste or flavor or tang

Now there's only emptiness

Venomous, insipid

I think we're done

gushing; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

I did my time, and I want out

So effusive fade, it doesn't cut

The soul is not so vibrant

capable of exploding; liable to lead to sudden change or violence

Something tells me I'm the one who's kept

Oh, so volatile

A little better than a man defiled

unreturned; not returned in kind

She is everything to me

The unrequited dream

A song that no one sings

lover of food; a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

They sway as they swarm

A look of gluttons in their eyes

They mutter as the body loses warmth

relieve; provide physical relief, as from pain

If I'm alive tomorrow

I will alleviate the pressure

By cutting you out of me

stubbornly resistant; marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

She is home to me

I get nervous, perverse, when I see her it's worse

But the stress is astounding

scheming; indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

Of past fatalites

So fragile yet so devious

She continues to see

productive; intellectually productive

For encroaching on the purpose of this commercial-free interruption

Due to the prolific nature of this statement

Listener aggression is advised

disaster; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

Too fucked to beg and not afraid to care

What's the matter with calamity anyway?

Right? Get the fuck outta my face

chat; utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

Die, die, die, yeah

Radical rather than rhetorical, babble like an oracle

Why am I always in your debt?

filthy; morally degraded

I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene

Catch me upon all your sordid little insurrections

I've got no time to lose and I'm just caught up in all the cattle

rebellion; organized opposition to authority

I wear you like a stain, yet I'm the one who's obscene

Catch me upon all your sordid little insurrections

I've got no time to lose and I'm just caught up in all the cattle

limited; bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

You'll never get out 'cause you were never alive

I am infinite, I am the infant finite

Come a little closer, and I'll show you why

difficult; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

I won't be the wasted potential

I can make it as severe as I can

Until you realize you'll never take a stand

unimportant; lacking worth or importance

(We) We are the pulse of the maggots

I won't be the inconsequential

I won't be the wasted potential

out of date; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Bones in the water and dust in my lungs!

Absorbing archaic like a sponge

The ultimate way is the way you control!

profane; violate the sacred character of a place or language

Burn up in your utmost fear

Desecrate your temples

Only hell and hate remain

unconsciousness; the state of being disregarded or forgotten

Will you come testify in the court of myopic opinion?

Or will you settle for oblivion?

Yeah

rough; not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

Pick me apart, then pick up the pieces

I'm uneven!

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disconnect; cause to become detached or separated; take off

The ultimate way is the way you control!

But, can you stay if you detach your soul?!

Bury the present and squeeze out the past!

product; the result of mathematical differentiation

I'm in conniptions for the final act you came here for

The one derivative you manage is the one I abhor

I need a minute to elaborate for everyone the everyday

commonplace; a trite or obvious remark

So keep your friends and your enemies thriving

(Good for you) What a cliché

(Just not true) What a giveaway

gradual reduction; erosion by friction

I am the orphan, the one who killed your world

Keeping up appearances with acts of attrition

It doesn't matter 'cause I know you'll never listen

lower oneself; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

No toleration, invade (committed), enraged (admit it)

Don't condescend (don't even disagree)

Desire (decay), disappoint (delay)

spitefulness; feeling a need to see others suffer

Happy (safe), servant (caged)

Malice (utter weakness)

No toleration, invade (committed), enraged (admit it)

mild; not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)

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Pathetic (benign), accept it (undermine)

Your opinion (my justification)

reason; something that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary

Pathetic (benign), accept it (undermine)

Your opinion (my justification)

Happy (safe), servant (caged)

show prejudice; recognize or perceive the difference

America is a killing name

It doesn't feel or discriminate

Life is just a killing field

add detail; mark by complexity and richness of detail

The one derivative you manage is the one I abhor

I need a minute to elaborate for everyone the everyday

Bullshit things that you have done

enjoy; derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

Can't be real no more, your mask is skin and bone

Savor every flavor you got 'cause it's not your own

Badass at bat, man

isolation; the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

A season at an end

A harvest of seclusion and regret

removal; oust politically

I wanna die, I'd rather die, I wanna die

You purge, you burn, you purge

I don't need you anymore, I don't need you

rebel; break with established customs

Hard eyes glow right in my darkness again

With the sickness, renegade sisters, blisters

Salivate, litigate, liberate, madness, sadness, fuck this

show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally

How long have I had this? I don't need this

Outta my business, insert, engage, betrayed, my God

Fraud!

kind; pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

I am not ashamed

What is vital isn't always humane

You can break in vain

sympathetic; showing empathy or ready comprehension of others’ states

I can see the light that exposes you

So dramatic, now I'm so empathetic

Means the bigger the mouth that I can eat you with

infection; any disease easily transmitted by contact

You live like fucking heathens so you'll die like pagan gods

In between the poisons and the pure contagions and the cure

Nine for sure

decontaminator; thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

In a place where no one goes, the air itself is a final breath

So discontinue the antiseptic care charade

As a cry of justice comes, a malignant fire fades

indifference; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

In light of my ability to undermine

I walk away from apathy, I'm feeling fine

The agony of cynicism beckons me

mysterious; of an obscure nature

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Do one thing and say something cryptic

But the styles always clash

rot; ripen and generate pus

But every smile hides a bold-faced lie

It itches, it seethes, it festers and breathes

My heroes are dead, they died in my head

weaken; destroy property or hinder normal operations

Believe what you want to, the cycle stays the same

In light of my ability to undermine

I walk away from apathy, I'm feeling fine

separate; part; cease or break association with

Let me take you right to the point

All you ever do is dedicate the disjoint

That does it, the time has arrived

not on purpose; happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

This sacrament is sacrilege and sentimental

Deity experimental, faith is accidental

I won't give another soul to you (I will never)

supposed; based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

One thing I know for sure

The hypothetical won't work anymore

One wrong move and they will pound

get back; get or find back; recover the use of

It will remain there

Until I wish to retrieve it

Yeah

apparent contradiction; (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

Individuals, indispensable

I'm the paradox deity vessel

The other side holds no secret

sympathize; to feel or express sympathy or compassion

Pissed!

Oh-oh-oh-oh, only when the fates commiserate

Do we get a little taste as unique?

victim; someone who is punished for the errors of others

Like things will get better

Father (brother), scapegoat (why?)

Why did we only skip this time?

unbeliever; someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

Why did we only skip this time?

Fighter! (Icon!) Skeptic! (God!)

Stop taking the best of us

unharmed; not injured

I'm not the second coming, I'm the first wave

Better get an army 'cause the fire left me unscathed

You bet your bottom dollar, I'm the top of the shit pile

cut; set or keep apart

Tattered and torn

The nerves you sever

Tattered and torn

hold back; keep under control; keep in check

Annihilation

I won't control or restrain

Things I do not understand

authoritarian; characterized by a government that exercises absolute, centralized control

Idiotic sense of yourself, are you that dumb?

Entire legion of me, totalitarian

The one and only motherfucker, top of the world, man

sophistication in speaking; using language effectively to please or persuade

I didn't get to kill you

Rhetoric, better look both ways

I gotta get an arm through

guilt; a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

My heart is driving out

No mercy, no remorse

Let nature take its course

intellectual; involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

Tattered and torn

This is cerebral

Tattered and torn

build; make by combining materials and parts

Oh, I will never become another piece

Inside the paralytic construct I hate

Live forever, well, I would rather die

hate; find repugnant

And be the perfect you, I'm through

I'm out-stretched out for all to loathe

Here we go, the ultimate irony

hunter; someone who attacks in search of booty

But you're never gonna like what's left of me

When the carcass is down and the predator's around

You're gonna play dead if you wanna run free

fragment; a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Clawed away from human clay

We are the broken shards the art disarray

Before you condemn, you rape them feed us meconium

mixed up; lacking a visible order or organization

I will save you from my sins (What is wrong with this?)

Manipulation, political violence and chaotic (Youth)

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take back; formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

What do you need to see? You feel the impact?

Gotta retract, everybody get back

What is this? It's like a big conspiracy

delicate; characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

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I'm ethereal

My children are legion serial

greed; reprehensible acquisitiveness

And appetites are bittersweet, I think I'm going numb

A chance to give up avarice has marked my one regret

The child of burning time is gone, and he hasn't come back yet

carelessness; failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise

Who are you to me? Who am I to you?

Is this a lesson in nepotistic negligence?

By default, you are my only link to the outside

kill; kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

Tearing up the main bus B

Zeros and ones are everything, execute me

Everywhere you look, it's like they know

swearing; blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

I wipe it off the tile, the light is brighter this time

Everything is 3-D blasphemy

My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up

limitation; the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

I feel it now, a new restraint

The fool is only he who fools again ('gain), 'gain ('gain), 'gain ('gain), 'gain ('gain)

threatening; threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Your innocence is just a pittance and naive

Contrive the controversy, sinister and plain

Upgrade the system 'til the virus can be sane

outburst; a speech of violent denunciation

Psychos, cycles, madness comes around, around, around, around

Tyrants, tirades, love to swing the hammer, bring the hammer down

Famous and infamous, no way of knowing I'm obsessed with this shit

flourish; move or swing back and forth

Don't be judging me, I know the dues, I know the fees

I know the rules, I know you cheat, we never need to brandish heat

Psychos, cycles, madness comes around, around, around, around

enough; of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

Try to suffer on in silence, try to stop me if you can

Pneumatic destroyer, pathetic seducer, distortion sufficient

Someday, one day we'll live our lives again

teach; impart skills or knowledge to

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Ain't nobody gonna cut me, corrupt me, instruct me, consequently

Condition your interruption to disrupt me

remorseful; feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Contrite commercial, arrogance, leprosy

Consume the bitch, the fucker, mindless like a child

pride; overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Contrite commercial, arrogance, leprosy

Consume the bitch, the fucker, mindless like a child

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

Freedom's gone, but we'll always have a choice

My present future tense, it doesn't make much sense

I'm coming after you

ban; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

(Go ahead and disagree) I'm giving up again

You'll never censor me, you better cherish me

My reason has a voice

adopt as a role model; strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

I bet you all the things

That you emulate, you penalize

But I don't wanna go

hatred; a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

A home like yours is upside down

Too much animosity, nobody does it better than the enemy

A hope like yours won't help me now

improvised; an extemporaneous speech or remark

Where do you go? What do you do?

Simpleton, impromptu, crazy eight

I never cared, not once

very bad; conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Systemic

Egregious, replete with these lesions

Contaminate

distrustful; believing the worst of human nature and motives

Because your walls can't support each other

Settle for the cynical, you're so political

You're getting ready 'cause the first move is critical

understanding; understanding and entering into another’s feelings

Keeping myself alive

Through your EMPATHY

Keeping myself alive

agreement; permission to do something

Did you think you could minimize?

This is the age of consent

You'll get a day in the sun before I kill your fucking lights

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

Two-three you're out of there

Maybe it's me but I'm frantic in a panic

Ain't never had a problem since you stopped comin' here