what lays in the ground isn't always dead

from as the days gray the eyes of the dogs by paper forest

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lyrics

all god to me is now lost
all filthy despair puddled around my feet
remember me, remember me
all paradise now lost
all apocalypse must now begin
what lays in the ground isn't always dead
so shoot it first and color it red
the blood bleeds thick and ugly
you need eyes in the back of your head
and in the palms of your hands
and on every extremity
you must make certain, you must be sure
that you are completely alone before you turn around
we are born free and now its come to this
so hit me, hit me
oh god, and watch me fall
I close my eyes but it makes no difference
the horror, the horror still seeps in
my weapon is phallic
and it, too, will turn its back on me
like indiffierence in this godforsaken inferno country
the hellen furnace your body burned in me will not be forgotten
to be empty is not forbidden, not ungodlike
your eyes are slanted, strong and deep
as if I'm the savage, the stranger
the stranger of us both
but we are all quite mad here
and once you see that, life is just empty heads and hollow men
we all become whatever we hate eventually
the point is that you start to hate what you once loved
but the sky is holding overhead
and we need some reassurance that someday
everything will end

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from as the days gray the eyes of the dogs, released November 30, 1902
sean burdeaux- guitar, keyboard
andrew farwell- keyboard
marisa farwell- words, vocals
zach oakley- guitar

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