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Jsteinfan 01:31 pm UTC 02/20/14 |
| In reply to: | BRILLIANT!! - Jacqueline 01:09 pm UTC 02/20/14 |
> Love these lyrics. If I was told they'd been penned by > Jim himself, I'd believe it without question!! > > > I wrote this lyric years ago as a hypothetical sub-title If everything ended well goodbye would be the greatest pickup line! > > track to Bat III. This was around 2005 when presumably > > Jim and Meat were going to make the album *together*. I > > haven't posted it before but it seems appropriate again. > > > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > > and so we both agreed > > that it's better this way. > > That the skies should split from end to end, > > that the seas should wash this world away, > > before we let ourselves repeat, > > before we dance this twisted dance again. > > > > You know I cried in the night to the heavens > > And I prayed, "let it not be the same." > > And I swear I heard a demon shiver > > when the stars called back your name. > > > > And now the temperatures are dropping > > and there's frost on Satan's brow, > > and if I never needed you before > > God knows I need you now! > > Yes if I never needed you before, > > By the Gods I need you now! > > > > It's the coldest day in Hell > > If it's back to me and you. > > And it doesn't really matter now > > just who crawls back to who. > > There ain't no use in running > > when it's Destiny tolling the bell. > > But if it's come back 'round to you and me > > its surely got to be > > the coldest day in Hell. > > > > Now there's a wicked cold front creeping > > across the dark abyss > > And it's conjuring dormant memories > > of a frigid goodbye kiss. > > > > Aw, which one of us is the albatross? > > And who's the Evil Twin? > > Just when I thought Time had broken us clean > > We suck me right back in. > > Just when I thought we were over and out > > it all begins again! > > > > It's the coldest day in Hell > > if it's you and I again, > > we're the best of jaded enemies > > and the worst of faded friends. > > No kicking and screaming can save us, > > and I guess that it's just as well, > > for if it's us again the Fates decree > > then it's surely got to be > > the coldest day in Hell. > > > > Now would you rather crash and burn, > > or simply fade away? > > Fall fast upon a flaming sword > > or whither and die another day? > > We can choose to go out in a blaze of glory > > or a haze of tedious, ignorant bliss. > > Either way there's no happy at the end of our story, > > but as sure as you're breathing I can tell you this: > > whatever it costs to close this book, > > there's gonna be Hell to pay! > > > > A fiendish snow is falling now, > > as I reach out for your hand. > > And I know that I can't keep away, > > as a chill blows through the damned. > > > > It's the coldest day in Hell > > if it's back to me and you, > > and it doesn't really matter now, > > just who crawls back to who. > > There ain't no use in running > > when it's Destiny tolling the bell, > > but if it's come back 'round to you and me > > then it's surely got to be > > the coldest day in Hell! > > > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > > Nothing ends well or else nothing would end > > > > Nothing ends well > > (the coldest day in Hell) > > Nothing ends well > > (the coldest day in Hell) > > Nothing ends well... > > > > ...or else nothing would end. > > > > | |
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