7empest - TOOL

Mama's in the kitchen Papa's on the porch Junior's downstairs in the basement Passin' on freedom's torch They're busy fighting Fillin' all the jails But sure as the sun do shine in the mornin'-- There's drugs on sale They're getting wasted Wasted They're getting wasted Wasted in America Something's gone wrong with the TV generation I am the product of that situation So you say you're feelin' Pinhead frustration C'mon join the nation They're getting wasted Wasted They're getting wasted Wasted in America Don't ask me why things are the way they are They just are I don't know why People are so curious They wanna chase it They wanna taste it They wanna get wasted They're getting wasted Wasted They're getting wasted Wasted in America They're getting wasted in New Jersey Wasted in Illinois Wasted in California And the Texans say "You 'all" Wasted in America They're getting wasted in America They're getting wasted in America

Throbbing pulsating gyrating hyperventilating 'Til we pass out on the floor Met a little girl with no bloomers on When she showed me her fake i.d. i knew something was wrong She said let's dance Said i got a wooden leg Said i'd like to see you on your knees She's cuddly wuddly wuddly too She's cuddly wuddly wuddly got a hold on you Yeah you got a reputation for coming on strong Now you're leanin' up against my dang-a-lang-a-lang-a-lang Here we go to your bungalow Boyfriend's on the road Put the spit on Put the spit on Get a little nervous What can a poor boy say 'Bout a girl that fucks a different guy each and every day But she's cuddly wuddly wuddly Too bad You don't dig dudes that play guitar You got a thing for drummers You got a thing for men with scars Put the spit on Put the spit on Put the spit on Throbbing pulsating gyrating hyperventilating 'til we pass out On the floor Put the spit on Put the spit on Put the spit on Put the spit on Put the spit on Put the spit on

The girl next door knows the score She wants more than foreplay She don't follow fashion She won't do what you say Miss America I really want you to make you feel like you're a queen Miss America I really want to make you feel like you've been seen Little lassie Trouble maker Date breaker Soul shaker too If I had one wish I'd make the whole world true blue Miss America I really want you to make you feel like you're a queen Miss America I really want to make you feel like you've been seen From the mountains to the sea There's a girl who wants to be In the valley burning cities There's a woman She gets a little tired when she drinks wine She gets worn down Relax Miss America I really want you to make you feel like you're a queen Miss America I really want to make you feel like you're a queen Miss America I really want ya

Bimbo beauties beckoning Fizzy banger Said she's a sanger-screwdriver Mrs. Phillips gives head for bottlecaps On the ceiling painted frescoes never lie Wild flowers growing on Happy hour A dyed blonde sacrificial lamb Died during happy hour How far would you drive How far would you drive To rock in another man's grave We went down to Disneyland Mickey died in vain Wild flowers growing on Happy hour There's a time of day Where everything is all right Happy hour There's a point in space Where you don't have to fight Happy hour Happy hour Bimbo beauties beckoning Fizzy banger Said she's a... How far would you drive How far would you drive Fireflies play leapfrog on the sheets Purple spots on your t-bar Tell me what your money buys Wild flowers growing on Wild flowers growing on Happy hour Happy hour Happy hour

Her name was aphrodisia She put me in a spell She told all her friends I could do her well Took her in the alley Laid her on the trash Then she told me everything Put your corner on working girl Smudged makeup around your eyes First you want it get You want it come and get it You need it all the time Nymphomaniac in black She wants your peaches But all you get is cream All you get is cream All you get is Put your red dress on working girl Got another spot on your dress First you hold me You hurt me You bite me Then you burn me You work me overtime Nymphomaniac in black She wants your peaches But all you get is cream All you get is cream All you get is cream How many times can I say that I want you How many times can I pass you by And dare I look inside the sullen door of many colors Thousands of seed lights glowing inside my head And I can't... Put your corner on working girl Smudged makeup around your eyes First you want it get it You want it come and get it You want it all the time Nymphomaniac in black She wants your peaches But all you get is cream All you get is cream Nymphomaniac in black She wants your peaches But all you get is cream All you get is cream All you get is cream And so I walked on down the hall And found myself passionless and not quite able To take myself seriously Now you and I know that I know that you know That everybody around me is lyin' and cryin' and dyin'

I'm proud to be an outlaw I'm proud to be a rock n' roller Just don't want to get judged by the color of my skin Or the beer that I'm drinkin' Don't fuck with me 'cause I don't look like you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you Some people got a problem with a man in long hair I don't care Some people don't like a poor boy 'cause they think you can't win For the thoughts that he's thinkin' Don't fuck with me 'cause I don't look like you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Do unto others as you'd have others do unto you Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you --Repeat bridge-- Don't fuck with me 'cause I don't look like you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Don't fuck with me 'cause I don't look like you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too Don't fuck with me and I won't fuck with you We can be brothers and wear our different colors too And wear our different colors too And wear our different colors too And wear our different colors too And wear our different colors too

Disembodied voices deepen my suspicious tendencies Conversations we've never had Imagined interplay Psychopathy Don't you dare point that at me Heated altercations we've never had So I'm told Yet guided by them all Every single one Psychopathy Misleading me over and over and over Judge, condemn and banish any and everyone Without evidence Only the whispers from within Psychopathy Misleading me over and over Psychopathy Misreading me over and over and over Imagined interplay Imagined interplay Imagined interplay Don't you dare point that at me Don't you dare point that at me Don't you dare point that at me Don't you dare point that at- Don't you dare point that at me Don't you dare Don't you dare Don't you dare point that at- Don't you dare Don't you dare Don't you dare point that at-

Here, from the king's mountain view Here, from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan, I do On treasures and flesh, never few But I, I would wish it all away If I thought I'd lose you just one day The Devil and His had me down In love with the dark side I'd found Dabblin' all the way down Up to my neck, soon to drown But you changed that all for me Lifted me up, turned me 'round So I... I... I... I... I would, I would, I would wish this all away Prayed like a father dusk to dawn Begged like a hooker all night long Tempted the Devil with my song And got what I wanted all along But I, I would If I could, then I would Wish it away Wish it away Wish it all away Wanna wish it all away No prize that could hold sway Or justify my giving away my center So if I could, I'd wish it all away If I thought tomorrow would take you away You, my peace of mind, my all, my center Just trying to hold on one more day Damn my eyes Damn my eyes Damn my eyes if they should compromise the fulcrum If wants and needs divide me, then I might as well be gone Shine on forever Shine on, benevolent sun Shine down upon the broken Shine until the two become one Shine on forever Shine on, benevolent sun Shine down upon the severed Shine until the two become one Divided, I'm withering away Divided, I'm withering away Shine on upon the many Light our way, benevolent sun Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union So, as one, survive Another day and season Silence, legion, save your poison Silence, legion, stay out of my way

"See, I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do" "And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor" "Go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs and burn 'em" "'Cause you know what? The musicians who've made all that great music" "That's enhanced your lives throughout the years?" "Real fucking high on drugs" "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration" "That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively" "There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves" "Here's Tom with the weather" "It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom, that's what it is, okay?" "Keep that in mind at all times, thank you" Dreaming of that face again It's bright and blue and shimmering Grinning wide and comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes On my back and tumbling Down that hole and back again Rising up and wiping the webs and the dew from my withered eye In Out In Out A child's rhyme stuck in my head It said that life is but a dream I've spent so many years in question To find I've known this all along So good to see you I've missed you so much So glad it's over I've missed you so much Came out to watch you play Why are you running away? Came out to watch you play Why are you running? Shrouding all the ground around me Is this holy crow above me Black as holes within a memory And blue as our new second sun I stick my hand into his shadow To pull the pieces from the sand Which I attempt to reassemble To see just who I might have been I do not recognize the vessel But the eyes seem so familiar Like phosphorescent desert buttons Singing one familiar song So good to see you I've missed you so much So glad it's over I've missed you so much Came out to watch you play Why are you running away? Came out to watch you play Why are you running away? Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye So good to see you once again I thought that you were hiding And you thought that I had run away Chasing the tail of dogma I opened my eye I opened my eye I opened my eye I opened my eye I opened my eye I opened my eye I opened my eye and there we were So good to see you once again I thought that you were hiding from me And you thought that I had run away Chasing a trail of smoke and reason Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye Prying open my third eye

A groan of tedium escapes me startling the fearful Is this a test? It has to be Otherwise, I can't go on Draining patience, drain vitality This paranoid, paralyzed vampire act's a little old But I'm still right here, giving blood, keeping faith And I'm still right here But I'm still right here, giving blood, keeping faith And I'm still right here Wait it out Gonna wait it out Wait it out (be patient) If there were no rewards to reap No loving embrace to see me through This tedious path I've chosen here I certainly would've walked away By now Gonna wait it out If there were no desire to heal The damaged and broken met along This tedious path I've chosen here I certainly would've walked away By now And I still may I still may Be patient Be patient Be patient I must keep reminding myself of this I must keep reminding myself of this I must keep reminding myself of this I must keep reminding myself of this If there were no rewards to reap (I must keep reminding myself of this) No loving embrace to see me through (I must keep reminding myself of this) This tedious path I've chosen here (I must keep reminding myself of this) I certainly would've walked away (I must keep reminding myself of this) By now And I still may And I still may And I still may And I'm Gonna wait it out Gonna wait it out Wait it out Gonna wait it out

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