Skippocalyptic - ECHO
To tunnel under the labyrinth
As a means of escape
And though he dug until his heart grew heavy
And his hands bled
All he managed was to recreate that self same labyrinth
And while it was a wonder that he'd made...
His creation could only be another cage
I’ve tried to show you
Again and again (I'll die die again)
Again and again (I'll die and live again)
Tell me where my body ends
And where it begins
I can feel my blood still flows
Burning on my pyre
Answers and liars
All the same I know, I know
Our flesh is never (I wanted perfect love)
Very hard to tear apart
Where should I start? (And what I found was blood)
Who are we now (I wanted perfect love)
Can you show me how (And what I found was blood)
We dance, though no one’s left around (it must be death we want)
And when we sing it's like there is no sound (it must be death we want)
The world's moved on so we have found (it must be death we want)
The lights turned out the dancehall drowned
Final stretch now!
The end again… again…
And what do we have to say for ourselves?
We've tried love and terror
We've tried beauty
We've tried cruelty!
We've tried damn near everything
But hell, we only repeat ourselves
We only repeat ourselves
There was once a man who tried
To tunnel under the labyrinth
As a means of escape
And though he dug until
His heart grew heavy
And his hands bled
All he managed was to re-
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There was once a man who tried To tunnel under the labyrinth As a means of escape And though he dug until his heart grew heavy And his hands bled All he managed was to
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