RAT WARS Album Lyrics by HEALTH

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DEMIGODS

And they pronounced
That a child was born long ago
Hear me now, you demigods
Either lift me up or let me burn

Sorrow, sorrow now (we turn the other way)
Sorrow, sorrow now (we turn the other way)

Didn't you want to run?
Didn't you want out?
Death shall come to the child in me
Did you want to know?
Or did you want the lie?
A long goodbye to what we had

Shall we renounce
From where we've come and who we were?
You'll hear me now, you demigods
Either let me go or put me in the dirt

Sorrow, sorrow now (we turn the other way)
Sorrow, sorrow now (we turn the other way)
(We turn the other way)

Luckless child, born still
Lay your weary head down
Loveless child, burden of many
May they bury you deep

(Loveless child, burden of many)
(Loveless child, bury you deep)
(Bury you deep)

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FUTURE OF HELL

All lies undone
Always reborn
A choice to live in anguish
The walls are closing in

The walls start closing in
(Future of hell)

The touch you feel
Awake the plague of fear
The voice, not real
Consume the body
(Future of hell)

What have we done?
Which of us will burn?
No chance to run from it, no
The walls are closing in

The touch you feel
Awake the plague of fear
The voice, not real
Consume the body
(Future of hell)

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HATEFUL

Who among us will die tonight?
Hateful and all alone
Who among us is dying out?
Wasteful of all the

Lives, all lies
Hateful of all but lust
Lives, all lies
Hateful of all of us
Believe it all
If you wanna believe

Lives, all lies
Hateful of all else
Good lives, all lies
Hateful of all else
Lives, all lies
Hateful of all else
Good lives, all lies
Hateful of all else

Who among you is crying out?
Hateful of all but lust
Who among you will die alone?
Wasteful of all our love

The lives, all lies
Hateful of all else
(No forgiving us)
The lives, all lies
Hateful of all else
(No forgiving us now)

Lies, lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies, lies
(Hateful of all else)
Lies, lies
(Hateful of all else)
Lies, lies
(Hateful of all else)
Lies, lies
(Hateful of all else)
Hateful of all else

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(OF ALL ELSE)

With arms out stretched to meet
Paralyzed
What part of me will leave?
May it comfort us
With arms outstretched to meet

A child into the dark
That which is killing me and all of us
Hold on through it all

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CRACK METAL

You can't save me
You don't have to try
It won't help
It won't help

You don't have to stay here
You can let me die

It started out nice
It was easy
I started out fine
But now I'm not so good

And I can't escape it
You can let me go
I want out
I want out

It started out nice
It was easy
I started out fine

I saw your eyes
You don't need me
I saw your eyes
And it's over now
I saw your eyes
You don't need me
I saw your eyes
And there's no way out

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UNLOVED

Lonely as I am
To love someone like you
Lonely as I am
Too low for someone new

I pretended to feel like you
I pretended to be like you
I pretended to feel like you
I pretended

And it was not my fault
You were unloved when you were a child
I wasn't there
You sleep with the light on
You are starting again and again and again

Would I be lying
If I were to tell you the truth?
Why are we lying?
The dream of someone new

I pretended to feel like you
I pretended

And it was not my fault
You were unloved when you were a child
I don't care
You sleep with the light on
You are starting again and again and again

I pretended to be like you (I don't care)
I pretended to feel like you (I don't care)
I pretended to be like you (I don't care)
I pretended to feel like you

I don't care, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care

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CHILDREN OF SORROW

Here now
You remember still
I remember nothing and I hope I never will
Still here
They turned their back on you
And I remember when I know there's nothing I can do

Lifeless children of sorrow
Lifeless children no more
Lifeless children of sorrow
Lifeless children grown old
We live beneath and we invited you
Long live me

Here's now, let it comfort you
I remember nothing and I hope I never do
Still fear, you'll abandon me
Don't abandon me

Lifeless children of sorrow
Lifeless children no more
Painless children of sorrow
Lifeless children no more

No one will ever know
That you're here
No one will ever know
That we're here

Lifeless children of sorrow
Lifeless children no more
Endless children of sorrow
Lifeless children no more

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SICKO

You breed
Like rats
You breed
Like rats
You breed
Like rats
You breed
Like rats

There's a mistake in your blood
(You breed like rats)
I don't care anymore
There's nothing that you can do (like rats)
There's a mistake in your heart
You'll suffer for it (like rats)
I don't care enough to stop
Why should I?

(Like rats)
(Like rats)
How to be in love
And I don't want love (like rats)
I don't need love (like rats)
I don't want love
(Breathe, are you happy?)
(You breathe)
(Like rats)

You breed
Like rats
You breed
Like rats

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ASHAMED

I know I shouldn't have come here
But I got nowhere to go

I know I shouldn't call after dark anymore
But I got no one
No one in this world

I can't change
You can't change for me
I can't look at your face
(No one in this world)

They can't blame you
For blaming me
I've got nothing to say

I'm ashamed of being born
I'm ashamed of being born

I know shouldn't beg you anymore
But I've got no way to go on

I know I'm too young to die
But I'm old enough now
With no one in this world

I can't change
You can't change for me
(No one in this world)
I can't look at your face
(No one in this world)

They can't blame you
For blaming me (this world)
I've got nothing to say

I'm ashamed of being born
(Nobody else, nobody else)
(Got nobody else, nobody else)
I'm ashamed of being born

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(OF BEING BORN)

We see the body
How long left in me?
We see the morning
We're all wearing down

We see the body
How long left in me?
We see the body
Still as a stone now

How long left in me?
How long left in me?
Still as a stone now

How long? How long?
How long? How long? How long?
How long left in me?
All wearing down now

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DSM-V

Once, never enough
Once, you can't stop
'Til it hurts
'Til it burns
What do you want
For your last words?

'Cause no one is safe here
No one cares
Pleasure sacred
Is pleasure sacred?

All my sins dragging me back again
Yeah, all the regrets
Dragging me down
Into the dirt, the blood
What you do you want
If it's your last night with her?

No one is safe here
No one cares
Pleasure sacred

There's no one to save you
And everyone's scared
Pleasure sacred
Is pleasure sacred?

Do unto those that which they did to you
Pleasure's sacred
Do unto those that which they did to you
Pleasure's scarce

Shall we renounce
From where we've come and who we were?
Hear me now, you demigods
Either lift me up or let me burn

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DON'T TRY

Don't try
Stare in the mirror
Don't try
I'm not here

Don't try
I'm not living
Don't try
I'm just waiting around

I've been forced to remember
So much more than today
I've no choice but to take with me
Everything I wanted to say

Islands caught in the middle
Islands unto ourselves
I've been forced to remember
Everything I want to forget

Don't try
Fear of the middle
Just a face in the crowd
Don't try
I stare in mirror
Let it bring me down

Don't try
Years wasted
Just a face in the crowd
Don't try
The future's here
And there's no way out

I've been forced to remember
So much more than today
I've no choice but to take to the grave
Everything I wanted to say

Islands caught in the middle
Islands unto ourselves
I've been forced to remember
Everything I want to forget