Nein

by Otep

From the album: House Of Secrets

Track 10 of 12 on House Of Secrets (2004).

Duration: 4:13

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Lyrics for Nein

MY PAIN, MY PRIDE THESE SCARS ARE MINE MY PAIN, MY PRIDE THESE SCARS ARE MINE i will tell you a story, that's never been told i will tell you a secret, 5 lifetimes old ... my life has been a prison, a labyrinth built beneath the mountain of Tragedy. i'm a stain on the cloth. i'm just an after-thought. but i would die for this ... but through the veins of decay i'll remain to betray to live like Caesar. to die like Jesus. to build my own religion, no gods, no laws to celebrate pain forsaken & ashamed to watch them all, crawl beneath us ... on this bed of nails & regret dying of fevers, betrayal, & sweat I CRY ... (chorus) my organs are rotting, my enemies are plotting ... I AM MADE OF PAGES PARAGRAPHS & INSPIRATIONS PAPER GIRL, BURN THE WORLD, I PASS THE FLAME TO YOU! MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM FUCK HER SLAY THEM! (verse) my pain, my pride these scars are mine my pain ... MY MISERY HAS BEEN FORMULATED INTO AN EQUATION OF NIEN MY SANITY WROTE A SUICIDE NOTE BUT ONE OF US IS ILLITERATE AND THE OTHER ... IS BLIND MY 1st ACT OF TREASON WAS PICKING UP A PEN MY 1st ACT OF LOVE WAS FINDING MYSELF AGAIN THE HARDEST THING TO DO WAS STANDING UP TO YOU NOW I'M OFF MY KNEES NOW YOU'RE BEGGING ME "PLEASE" I'M THE WOUND & THE WEAPON THE FRACTURE & THE FIST (chorus) my organs are rotting, my enemies are plotting ... I AM MADE OF PAGES PARAGRAPHS & INSPIRATIONS PAPER GIRL, BURN THE WORLD, I PASS THE FLAME TO YOU! MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM HURT HER HATE HIM MURDER MAYHEM FUCK HER SLAY THEM! (outro) THAT STABBING IN YOUR HEART, THAT BLACK HOLE IN YOUR SOUL, SLOWLY RIPPING YOU APART ... THAT'S ME! THAT'S ME! SO LET IT BE WRITTEN, SO LET IT BE DONE! THE BRIGHTER THEY SHINE, THE DARKER WE BECOME! VAE VICTUS! ABOMINATION!

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  2. Warhead
  3. Buried Alive
  4. Sepsis
  5. House Of Secrets
  6. Hooks And Splinters
  7. Gutter
  8. Autopsy Song
  9. Suicide Trees
  10. Nein
  11. Self-Made
  12. Shattered Pieces