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I

See the flame

Bound for hell

It's maddened masses reach for me

I can hear them sing

Sickening grins with tears aflow

Pulled to their embrace

I am amongst the rotten damned

Forlorn and faceless

I join with the wicked in song

Oh how we love our own pain

Lost in pleasure lusting for shame

Sick and twisted

We dance aflame

Evil and yet

Full of regret

No

I am fine

It's all right

So we say but nary we think

Masquerade of lies

One day your mask will be your face

Virtue is a vice

In due time hope becomes your dread

This is a nightmare

Your only dreams are to escape

Oh how we love our own pain

Lost in pleasure lusting for shame

We deceive

With dead eyes telling total lies

Loathing thy neighbor

Stealing the fruits of his labor

Fucking Nihilists

Spreading despair and violence

Clawing each other

The rats race but there's no way out

Oh how we love our own pain

Lost in pleasure lust for shame

Insidious and insane

In agony we are aflame