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ASYLUM
03:04
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What about my family? What about my friends?
Since I have seen this vision my nightmares never end.
The Ambassador would like to have a word.
They've come to my house at night.
Here, no words, my fearful flight.
They will torture till they know.
In my visions Transmission 237 glows.
I could try to say goodbye
But it is far too late
In an armored truck they've come
Now I say goodbye as I join the ASYLUM.
You know too much. Now you will come with us.
A treatment plan that you can trust. You will come with us.
Farewell. Farewell. Farewell. Farewell.
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Straight Jacket
02:19
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Looking so nice in your straight jacket
Looking so dapper in your straight jacket
it fit the last patient too
dry-cleaned and washed
blood and vomit stains removed
you can still use your legs
to throw yourself against the door
try as you might
you're better off on the floor
Looking so nice in your straight jacket
Looking so dapper in your straight jacket
Where's the fuckin party? Where's the fuckin party now?
You're a danger to yourself a danger to yourself and others.
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Maze of the Mind
03:21
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Padded Walls
01:43
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Drill into your head our dogma
Put a hole in your head to release the tension
Faster, faster, hit the wall
Harder, harder, hit the wall
Locked here where the spider crawls
Can't escape these padded walls
Trapped here where the vermin crawls
Can't escape these padded walls
We've come to a solution
Trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination
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More Chlorpromazine
01:46
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Don't forget to take your pills!
Chest pain, short of breath,
Feeling dizzy are we?
Are we having violent thoughts?
We have just the thing.
Too much inside your head,
We have the right prescription
To stop your mind from spinning--
The space between your ears.
Your mental health institution
Was built to dispose of the broken.
Chrlorpromazine can't take my dreams.
Your drugs can't quell my psychotic blasphemies.
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Patient Zero's Song
02:40
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They wait till night. They wait till you're alone.
Take this it's all you need!
Take this, the Golden Key!
It's the only way out, you see.
Just remember, this Golden Key.
Drenched in darkness, where demons scream,
The Transmission is not what they think it seems.
They wait till night. They wait till you're alone.
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Electro-Shock
04:39
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"What did he tell you about Transmission 237? I said, what did he tell you about Transmission 237? No? That's okay. We'll find out anyway."
Electruction therapy--we'll free the maggots in your brain.
Those dark shadows flickering by,
The voice crying out in the night:
Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you?
Sylvlia, Sylvia, they say I'm crazy too.
Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you?
Sylvia, Sylvia, can your poetry guide me through?
"It was a brilliant cure, but we lost the patient."--Ernest Hemingway
I am your Bell Jar, the top of your sycamore tree.
"My mind's not right"--Robert Lowell
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock
We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk.
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock
We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk.
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock
We're gonna make you talk.
Do you see what happens when you fuck with us?
Do you see what happens when you fuck with us?
They told me it's time to face this loss and grieve,
Or else this ASYLUM I will never leave:
Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you?
Sylvia, Sylvia, can your poetry guide me through?
Sylvia, Sylvia, they say I'm crazy too.
Sylvia, Sylvia, is the Transmission from you?
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock
We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk.
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock
We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk.
Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock,
We're gonna make you talk.
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The Secret Library
04:09
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In a darkened corridor,
You find a heart-shaped lock.
You use the golden key,
That was stuffed in your sock.
A hidden door is revealed,
Which leads the way
Down a spiral staircase,
To the secret library.
The walls are painted red,
Records of every death.
A catalogue of torture,
In the Secret Library's depths.
So many goddamn books,
Everywhere you look.
Stacks and stacks of volumes,
One of them must hold the truth.
You finally find the volume,
The entry with her name.
Kaleidoscopic images
Of the ASYLUM gone insane.
Colors and neon light, a UFO hovering.
The ASYLUM will decrease,
As aliens bring Sylvia to peace.
The walls are painted red,
Records of every death.
A catalogue of torture,
In the Secret Library's depths.
So many goddamn books,
Everywhere you look.
Stacks and stacks of volumes,
One of them must hold the truth.
Maybe now you've found the truth,
Somewhere hidden in those books.
Every possible outcome,
Every good thing that could be.
Perhaps she didn't die here,
And the universe set her free.
The walls are painted red,
Records of every death.
A catalogue of torture,
In the Secret Library's depths.
So many goddamn books,
Everywhere you look.
Stacks and stacks of volumes,
One of them must hold the truth.
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A Heavy Dose of Lithium
03:52
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The Bad Guy
04:01
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"HEY FREAK SHOW! You're goin' NOWHERE! I gotcha for 3 minutes! 3 minutes of PLAYTIME!"--MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE
It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy.
It's a part of your rehabilitation.
It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy.
He's a master in the art of persuasion.
Every ASYLUM has one, he lives in the basement,
A punisher, revealer of secrets.
He's been here for years and years,
Growing in size and brutal intent.
Living off the rats, living off the scum,
Living to destroy freaks like you.
His methods are obscene,
His tools are a disgrace,
He can break you in two.
NO REGARD FOR PROTOCOL
NO REGARD FOR THE RULES
NO REGARD FOR HUMANITY
THE BAD GUY SUFFERS NO FOOLS
He carries weapons made from unsanitary tools
We threw away from amputations.
237 reasons why you should start talking now,
Or else The Bad Guy will seal your doom.
NOW YOU SUFFER LIKE THE OTHERS
NOW YOU SCREAM OUT FOR YOUR MOTHER
"So say goodnight to The Bad Guy"--Scarface
His bloodstained scalpel flashes
Against his filthy forceps!
He swings a morningstar
Made of infected needles!
His scissor stethescope
Will stab you in the heart!
A rusty clamp
Coming straight for your head!
It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy.
It's a part of your rehabilitation.
It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy.
He's a master in the art of persuasion.
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Inner Peace/Outer Space
07:29
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The time has come--
Your lobotomy.
Don't worry--
I've done a lot of these.
The time has come--
Your lobotomy.
Don't worry--
You won't feel a thing.
All this time...she was trying...to say goodbye
All this time...she was trying...to say farewell
Two-hundred........thirty seven.......times.
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Up From The Drains
04:34
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Underground but ever-present,
We are always just beneath your feet.
Like the thousands you murdered,
Any second we might rise up and take you down.
Grab you by the ankles,
And drag you to the sewer.
I might not be able to win this battle,
Others will rise in my place.
Up from the drains,
We rise up from the drains.
Up from the drains,
We rise up from the drains.
Up from the drains,
We rise up from the drains.
With groveling, hateful lips
You run your foul campaign.
Till every artist trips,
Till no more freaks remain.
Your evil hand that grips,
Turns sacred to profane,
Despite your censorship
We rise up from the drains.
They will never keep us down.
We will rise up from the drains.
They will never keep us down,
We rise up from the drains.
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Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
Every End Is A New Beginning
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solo black/death metal project
instigators of western pennsylvania
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