Тексты песен «Marathon»


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Marathon - Bombs Make Lousy Tourniquets

I paid the mob their fee so no one can touch me. You see, you gotta' pay the Don so he can wet his beak. Wait, got a situation here. I'll consult whitecoat technicians. They'll run some tests and check emissions. This...

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Marathon - Closing Time At The Distortion Factory

A wartorn town A snapping sound Takes a child down He wins the stray bullet lottery Reporters there with corresponding flare Asking "Who would dare let a fight get so ugly?" Then his story beamed home to me Where I'm...

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Marathon - Courting My Soul

A midnight game of hide and seek Within the cemetery gates Face pressed against nocturnal fields Where granite headstoned congregate I'm not scare in this moonless night Everyone here admits they're dead inside Corpses...

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Marathon - Don't Ask If This Is About You

Tonight I'll crash anything A car, a couch, maybe a party I just want a piece of home Perhaps somebody here will take me Sorry, i don't mean to be so old and drunk an Hey, excuse me, I'm just looking for someone to...

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Marathon - Gouge 'em Out, They're Useless Anyway

This human virus is a nasty contagion We spread out cancer as we multiply Our sightless hubris will crush civilization Soon we'll be harvesting our our own demise Neon chemical gifts The plant upstream offers it's...

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Marathon - Gravity's Temptation

There is a bridge where my hope stands naked and afraid Gazing to the falls below 200 feet of gravity's all that separates From where my faith broke long ago And it's all I can do To keep from shouting "jump" And my...

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Marathon - Home Is Where The Van Is

Everywhere I go, I'm home 'cause everywhere has streets How 'bout a motivational speech I don't think this is what they meant by "most likely to succeed" Yeah, that me I'm not the one who builds a nest in the suburbs...

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Marathon - I Don't Have A Dancing Problem

Fuck this, I'm going dancing Yeah I'm gonna get my fix tonight For just a few short hours, I'll leave my worthless worries behind Until my feet are rags My aching ankles snap Yeah we started dancing in the malls And...

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Marathon - Jolly Roger

You handed me fragrant bouquets of emotion And I forgot To feed them water and warm sun You know I'm not good with responsibility This necktie hugs me like a strangler in the night I avoid looking from my Captain hook...

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Marathon - Langston's Motto

Buildings, subways, city sidewalks: formerly our public canvas. Now coated with glossy plastic faces bleached with one intent: manufacture illness. My body's retching from this plague of images. I need to vomit back...

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Marathon - Matchmaker, Matchmaker

How many people walk these streets Window-shopping for the perfect mate? There's no need for matchmakers We already seek only what's safe Here, sir, for your daughter is a good son A nice one duplicating religion and...

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Marathon - Names Have Been Changed To Protect The Guilty

Mark and Adam were best friends from the day they were born Couldn't separate them But then congress declared war Thats when Adam left town for the city Organizing war protests And Mark enlisted in the army To finally...

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Marathon - Our Dictator Can Beat Up Your Dictator

Bloodlust out of control, he's like a demon busting out from some bottomless hole. Try to grab a hold, yeah he's a slippery bastard, slick, saturated with oil. A pulpit, a broadcast, these are weapons of mass...

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Marathon - Painting By Numbers

Let's start a war Let's start a war What the hell do you think all these new bombs are for? I'm feeling generous today And I'm itching to make a charity donation There are some orphan bombs who only want to do their...

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Marathon - Photosynthesis

Most everybody can agree on what's sexy. I've often liked to think I was above such consensus. But with the doors locked and my drawers dropped, I'm no different 'cause these pictures have been training me. Mission:...

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Marathon - Some Lovely Parting Gifts

Gonna wipe this crowbar clean And pry off my face I'll roll up my sleeves and dig around Until I find the stains And shampoo my soiled brains Old yellow gauze, a rusty scalpel And some cheap whiskey The tools for this...

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Marathon - Space Heater

My bike shivers in this cold, and you're stoking up some old flames inside. It steams my cheeks' windows, but you can't squeeze the worry out through my numb hands. I can't even feel that. Get out the ice pick and take...

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Marathon - Where We Hide

Time to share a story from this odd balcony And we'll make it tasty with sweet melodies And the sardonic wit and costumed rhetoric And we'll giggle from beneath our blanket of shtick We exaggerate and we pontificate...