![Bedtime Stories - The Burning Hell](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/32847517681733925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 30.05.2011
Record label: SOCAN, Weewerk
Song language: English
Bedtime Stories |
in every folk tale, in every book, |
there is a hero or a heroine |
and there is a witch or a troll or a crook |
or an evil stepmother or just a general villain |
and i remember reading when i was young |
and i always felt sorry for the bad ones and the tricksters |
i never identified with the little lost kids |
but maybe that’s ‘cause i didn’t have brothers or sisters |
and so when the witch died i cried |
‘cause i didn’t want them to hurt her — |
likewise when the troll got tricked and when the dragon got killed |
and i hated the part when the wolf got ax-murdered, |
and the moral of the story always left me unfulfilled |
and i was not a sociopath, |
i was a six-year-old |
who could tell the difference between good and bad |
a little boy with built in ethics who didn’t need to be told |
that it was wrong to be mean to your mom or to lie to your dad |
but i knew if i had to choose sides |
i’d probably pick the empire; |
i hated ewoks and i loved the death star. |
and i never felt sorry for the last unicorn |
i always thought that song needed a lot more guitar |
and i did not grow up to be a serial killer, |
though there are a few people on my list |
and whenever i see a child reading a book about a boy-wizard |
i find myself grinding my teeth and clenching my fists |
and i want to say ‘hey kid here’s a bedtime story for you: |
the wicked witch wins and the orphans lose. |
they did everything right and now they’re orphan fondue |
and the moral of the story is you don’t always get to choose |
‘hey kid here’s a bedtime story for you: |
the wicked witch wins and the orphans lose. |
they did everything right and now they’re orphan fondue |
and the moral of the story is you don’t always get to choose |
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