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Cigarette Burns

from Private Shangri​-​La by Zip Tang

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lyrics

“We interrupt our programming. This is a personal emergency”
“The following message is transmitted at the request of your conscience”
“This is not a test”

The Apocalypse already happened here
The stench of it hasn't disappeared
You'd better lay low and steer clear of the men
in the shiny black helmets that sing out amen
I didn't believe when they showed me the light
If you want to eat boy you gotta learn how to fight
If you don't believe you better learn how to lie
Better lie, cheat and steal, take an eye for an eye
The men of one book warned of impending doom
So as not to look foolish, they better make it happen soon

Start with the suckers the vulnerable and weak
The sick and the dying, the unstable, the meek
The mothers of soldiers, the dads of the dead
I can feel my heart beating inside of my head
Like a funeral drum for the death of the sun
My personal apocalypse has just begun

I live in the margins between ignorance and bliss
My TV keeps me warm in the media abyss
The man in the suit with the comb over from hell,
got his finger on the trigger of the holy cartel.
You can't outrun the bullets from their righteous guns
My personal apocalypse has just begun

“You will not feel the brunt of the fire”
“He shall not seek the one of little faith”
“Though I go through the valley, in the shadow of death”
“I shall fear no man”

Your vision dims
Eternal night
Phantom limbs in the moonlight
The seasons turn
Cigarette burns
Long sleeves hide cut marks dried

Seasons turn
Cigarette burns, in the night
Your long sleeves hide,
the cut marks dried
Keep it all inside

The Apocalypse already happened here
The stench of it hasn't disappeared

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from Private Shangri​-​La, released August 15, 2015

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Zip Tang Chicago, Illinois

Eclectic Progressive Rock from Chicago, USA

Fred Faller - drums
Andrew Bunk - bass
Perry Merritt - vocals, guitar, synthesizers

Former Members:
Marcus Padgett - sax, vocals, keys, synths
Rick Wolfe - bass, vocals ... more

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