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MacCruiskeen » Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:24 pm wrote:I'll never forget the first time I heard that Rollins song, in a hotel room in Vienna in 1996. I walked in and idly switched on the TV and the video was just starting on MTV. When the transition came I stood there transfixed with my bag half-unpacked until the very last two words, which made me laugh out loud, though it was more a gasp than a laugh.
I am the one, Orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand
My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name
Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law
My name is called religion; sadistic, sacred whore
I twist the truth, I rule the world, my crown is called deceit
I am the emperor of lies, you grovel at my feet
I rob you and I slaughter you, your downfall is my gain
And still you play the sycophant and revel in your pain
And all my promises are lies, all my love is hate
I am the politician and I decide your fate
I march before a martyred world, an army for the fight
I speak of great heroic days, of victory and might
I hold a banner drenched in blood, I urge you to be brave
I lead you to your destiny, I lead you to your grave
Your bones will build my palaces, your eyes will stud my crown
For I am Mars, the God of War, and I will cut you down
Joe Hillshoist » Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:53 am wrote:When's the next thread starting. We're four days in.
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