Necessary Evil

from Flesh & Bones (LP - 2010) by Scalper

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lyrics

Verse 1:
Abuse the alien, construct avenger
Lure my anger, take anything you need
For my hands healed thunder, the strongest contempt
You drain my youth, embracing the poisonous stench
Commander of my own strength
Recovering from wounds to rise again
Vulnerable flesh, through the maze with punishable steps
Through the old ruins where the enemy’s kept
And so they shall burn, coz it’s your belief so in time it’s your turn
Blasphemous hypocrite, eternal desolate
Hatred to the warrior, we captured your life
Replenished your soul
Judge but beware, for my disgust stops me blinding your stare
Necessary evil, hunted, hated, feared
I cannot escape my own concerns
I don’t need what I want
I want what I need
Think hard before you speak to me

Chorus:
Necessary evil
Gonna take your soul
Gonna take your soul
Gonna take your soul

Verse 2:
Killing everyone, friend or foe
Overcome my fear, fear contagious
For I exist like a dragon plague of ages
They don’t fear men
They don’t fear them men no more
My hands burn fire
As I denounce their flesh it’s hell
You didn’t imagine when you slept
Where you would awake and dwell
I breathed the air
I felt the death
Wrestled with God above the stars of a thousand nights
Devoted servants
The sickness spreads
Into the shapes of spiders across your chest

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from Flesh & Bones (LP - 2010), released February 8, 2010

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