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ACT OF CONTRITION
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(Music: Eriksen, Lyrics: Hoglan)
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Emotions are easily spent, twisted and forever bent.
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When fixations are not returned the lines are so quickly obscured.
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(chorus)
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When I am haunted by your vision, I will cause you pain.
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At me you spit your derision, you are my obsession.
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You are repelled by my existence, but you will soon be trained.
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My sins atoned for in silence, an act of contrition.
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Held before my eyes though distant enough to be seen,
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If I were to pull it too close, I'd blur it to its full extreme.
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I'm barren of anything else,
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A lunatic's need to possess you.
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(chorus)
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When I am haunted by your vision, I will cause you pain.
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At me you spit your derision, you are my obsession.
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You are repelled by my existence, but you will soon be trained.
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My sins atoned for in silence, an act of contrition.
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Rational thought
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Has vanished and fled for its life.
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The one goal after which I've sought
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It's upon your fear that I thrive.
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(bridge)
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When written words are now legible,
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The story can be told.
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But when they're thrust too close to my eyes,
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They become a blindfold.
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And it's then reality,
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Fades into obscurity.
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Then I find that my mania is out of control.
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I tighten the grip on my obsession, but I can't be consoled.
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Now it's made me dangerous
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To all but you I'm oblivious.
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(lead-Eric)
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(lead-Brett)
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Distortions, perverse and unfair, you're threatened as I dominate.
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You need me, so why are you scared? From my grasp there is no escape.
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(spoken)
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Don't you ever think of leaving me.
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You are mine until I set you free.
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The pain you feel is of no consequence.
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Many suffer, few survive...
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I'm not one with whom to be toyed, your mind easily I'll destroy.
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Enforcing my supremacy, accept me, I'm your destiny.
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(chorus)
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When I am haunted by your vision, I will cause you pain.
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At me you spit your derision, you are my obsession.
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You are repelled by my existence, but you will soon be trained.
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My sins atoned for in silence, an act of contrition.
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ACT OF CONTRITION
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| dark angel |
