| You came up from anesthesia
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| Like a diver out of air
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| Surprised to be alive
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| Startled I was there
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| It’s been a long time
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| And I’ve got no axe to grind with you
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| But goddamn it, man, this hatchet
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| Won’t stay buried without some sign from you (sign from you)
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| I don’t quite come in peace
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| But times like these ask us
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| To set aside old grudges
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| Duty calls, I heed
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| But I don’t love it
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| The night nurse leaves
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| Just you and me
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| And you give me a look
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| To freeze gasoline
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| I don’t believe that you’re reformed
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| Or you’re redeemed
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| If they ask me, I’ll deny it
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| But I remember what you did
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| While it’s true you were a young man and
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| I was just a kid
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| One of us was lying
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| Both of us half-damned
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| One of us the lion
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| And one the lamb
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| You’ve got a way with words
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| You got away with murder
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| But now our roles reverse
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| And your table’s turning now
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| Too weak to lift a spoon, I fed you
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| Shaved you when your hands were shaking
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| Dosed you like they told me, never more
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| Lord, the demands you’re making-
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| Help the monster on two feet
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| Walk him down the hall, repeat
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| And when he’s strong enough to stand alone
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| You’ll notice what big teeth
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| But blood is blood
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| And what’s done is done
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| Yeah, blood is blood
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| And its burden is a beast
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| You lie expressionless
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| Face set like the Old Testament
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| Silence always your best defense
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| I bet you guess I came to settle debts
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| They tell me you’ll get better
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| I don’t know what to say
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| Cause they could sew your hands together
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| But they can’t make you pray
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| But now you’re careful, now you’re good
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| But do I scare you like I should?
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| Now you’re careful, now you’re good
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| But I still scare you and I should
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| You’ve got a way with words
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| You got away with murder
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| But now our roles reverse
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| And your table’s turning now |