Cash Machine

from Parasiticide by Two Ton Boa

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lyrics

Something's cracked inside
Like the liberty bell
My heart clanking flat
Like that cold abandoned shell

Bankrupt thoughts
Steal my hope
Fix the bail
Charge me interest while I'm stuck
In your plastic jail
From my cell I hear the clink
Of my freedom ring
Inside the belly of your cash machine

It should be Criminal with a capitol "C"
How you try to hook me with your false promises

These happy endings ring a bell
Steal my hope
Set the bail
Sell it back to me at cost
In your fancy jail
Like the sun I watch it sink
Like a holy grail
Inside the belly of your cash machine

Faceless metal miser
hoarding desires
Crowned with a briar patch of tangled razor wire
You grant
You damn
From your throne in my hands
Mechanical messiah
You've robbed my kingdom blind

Nickel and dimed
It surely comes as no surprise
I can't afford your paradise
The one that rings me up and smiles

You cast a spell
Steal my hope
Set the bail
Sell it back to me at cost
In your fancy jail
You won't rest until I've sunk every living thing
Inside the belly of your cash machine

Faceless metal miser
hoarding desires
Crowned with a briar patch of tangled razor wire
You grant
You damn
From your throne in my hands
Mechanical messiah
You've drained my kingdom dry!

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from Parasiticide, released September 12, 2006
bass, vocals: Sherry Fraser, keyboard: Scott Seckington, bass: Brian Sparhawk, drums: Dan Rieser. Written by Sherry Fraser

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