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EVERY 12 MINUTES

HAVE YOU EVER WITNESSED A SHOOTING STAR KID?
AND I DON’T MEAN THE SKY IS FALLING KINDA HARDNESS
I MEAN A FIGURE THAT HAS FOCUSED ALL HIS ENERGY
AND CHANNELED INTO BULLETS THAT HAVE SHATTERED THE SERENITY
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHAT A BIT OF LEAD CAN DO TO MEAT?
AND I DON’T MEAN THE KIND YOU BUY SO YOU CAN FUCKING EAT
I MEAN THE KIND OF STUFF THAT’S HANGING FROM OUR BONES
THAT WE THINK HAS A PURPOSE AND THAT WE THINK HAS A SOUL
SOMETIMES THERE’S NO EXPLANATION
SOMETIMES THERE’S NO EXPLANATION
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT AS WE WADE INTO SPACES
THAT HOLD AWFUL TRUTHS THAT WE’RE FACED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS
I’M NOT AN ANSWERS MAN, I’M NOT AN ORACLE
NOT A PANACEA FOR A SICKNESS THAT IS HORRIBLE
WE BEHOLD WHAT WE WANT TO BEHOLD
TILL WE’RE OLD BROKEN COLD

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HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO SCREAM TO BE HEARD MANG?
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PERSON CRUSHED BY A WORD MANG?
IS THERE A PART OF YOU THAT WANTS TO SEE THE DAMAGE
WHEN YOU CRANE YR NECK AND PLACE YR BETS AT THE MANGLED BEING MANAGED
WE BEHOLD WHAT WE WANT TO BEHOLD
AND WE FOLLOW THE ADVICE THAT WE’RE TOLD
AND WE WALK WHERE WE’RE TOLD TO WALK
TILL WE’RE BROKEN AND DON’T GIVE A FUCK
BREATHE THE PRESSURE AND DON’T LET GO
HOLD THE COLUMNS AND DON’T LET GO

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SOMETIMES THERE’S NO EXPLANATION
SOMETIMES THERE’S NO EXPLANATION
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT AS WE WADE INTO SPACES
THAT HOLD AWFUL TRUTHS THAT WE’RE FACED WITH ON A DAILY BASIS
I’M NOT A FORTUNE TELLER, I’M NOT PSYCHIC FRIEND
BUT I WILL STAND WITH YOU AS WE CONFRONT THE BITTER END
I WILL STAND WITH YOU
BREATHE THE PRESSURE AND DON’T LET GO
HOLD THE COLUMNS AND DON’T LET GO
BREATHE THE PRESSURE AND DON’T LET GO
HOLD THE COLUMNS AND DON’T LET GO

IF WE WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE IMAGE OF A MASTER
THEN THIS EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN A NATURAL DISASTER
SHOOTING STARS SCREAMING HARD INTO THE WIND OF FIRE
WHILE WE HOIST UPON OUR SHOULDERS ALL THE LEGENDS OF THE LIARS
IF WE WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE IMAGE OF A MASTER
THEN THIS EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN A NATURAL DISASTER
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIT RESET AT THE EARLIEST CONVENIENCE
AND TAKE APART THE STRUCTURE SO WE COULD (BREATHE) BEGIN AGAIN

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