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Corrosion Suite: B​-​Sides & Rarities 1999​-​2003

by The Mercy Cage

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These days of suffering and regret I know, you're insular in the extreme When 20/20 hindsight fails I know, you're insular in the extreme You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again And I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection To strike this ego-centric pose These days of suffering and regret It's a sin I'm a fake, you know I'm a liar These days of suffering and regret You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again And I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection [I'm sorry now That you are not as whole] [I'm sorry now That you come off as vain and stale] [I'm sorry now That you are not as whole] Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection I know you search for something else I know that this is not the end...
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This enchantment Lost in the funhouse again Immobilised With my fingers in your head To touch the vein just once Without the need to replace Something primal Fed upon by the virus of faith Gridlocked by the storm again She was only 17 Salvation's just a cut away Pull the trigger now... Welcome to the underneath Nothing viral Drowning in the image of you Lie in the arms These fables of blood and nicotine Begin this souless sacrifice A wire machine that's built to fail Rains down like disease Rains down like hail Down so long Scars fall away Welcome in... Welcome to the underneath
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Anne K. 04:01
Some uninvited scene Facing the gray parade Bullet holes in the doorway She picks up the phone & says, "Christ made the gun" She smiles through gritted teeth You are my weapon now Never loaded You are my weapon now Close eyes & open fire, open fire open fire... Awkward, frightening Never made the right scene Ashes, ashes, we all fall down Window closes Blood among the roses Ashes ashes We all fall down She stares through him & says "Know that I am unafraid" "However futile, at least it livens up the day" Another altered state, Monday’s a trigger device Close eyes & open fire, open fire open fire" Burn We all fall down
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& You could say These are wounds & You could say The scars came into play Another prophesy of fire Around the ring of the opiate Like pounding fucking 808s Like 'needle marks' Man, the dope track radiates Monochrome signs on the colour of skin Where do we win, when the flesh begins? Extracting... Another minor methadone twitch Such numbing pain Disdain summer skies Singing & dancing in the acid rain So wan, so pale, so uninviting Self-made man on the back of the monkey again Cruel designs on the canvas of skin When do we win? when the rot sets in... Reflecting Extreme Resolve [Wise up & claim the prize] Reflecting Extreme Resolve...
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Hands stained red by the passage of time One small moment revolves around the threat of the lie Another white bomb, voices in the ether again Another white bomb, the protocol of honor estranged (Stained red, stained red) Acid on the outer edges I owe you for the endless blame A drug of choice & infamy, it stings, it scars, it stains... Like chemical burn [I downsize/ civilize things like ever] These are not your days It eats you up inside Something pulls along by love A sickness pulled along by lies (Stained red, stained red) Acid on the outer edges I owe you for the endless blame A drug of choice & infamy, it stings, it scars, it stains... Like chemical burn [I downsize/ civilize things like ever] I am Not frightened by this I am Nearly immune I am somewhat invincible I am... ...like chemical burn [I downsize/ civilize things like ever] I am Still frightened by you & these anemic hearts, diseased by all that’s said inside this room I am Still divided I am...
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Love, another virus in bloom A strain devoid of conscience Follow your head, don’t listen to the body say "Fight Scenes like ‘95" Still marking out time till the memories die With severed hands & severed hearts The blame trucks on & on... It’s strange This is only circumstance A minor-league affliction Another smokescreen for an aberrant fantasy Fight scenes like ‘95 As the heartworm cries, as the body lies A tepid, doomed & endless dance & the blame trucks on & on... She works hard on the meaning of name A cancerous & blank refrain Sterile, rapturous, erasing...
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7/10ths 03:48
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These days of suffering & regret I know, you're insular in the extreme When 20/20 hindsight fails I know, you're insular in the extreme You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again & I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection To strike this ego-centric pose These days of suffering & regret It's a sin, I'm a fake, you knoe I'm a liar These days of suffering & regret You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again & I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) (I'm sorry now, that you come off as vain & stale) (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) I'm sorry now... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection I know you search for something else I know that this is not the end... (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) (that you are not as whole) (that you are not as whole...)
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Embrace the nothingness Call this exhaustion You are the brightest star So why do you lie? It's not so elemental No force of nature now I'll feed you gravity So you won't float away... Another Razorblade Another Heartworm You know the truth will out So why do you lie? It's not too relevant You're not so instrumental Your new mistake leaves scars like nothing else You're not the only one...
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this enchantment Lost in the funhouse again immobilised with my fingers in your head to touch the vein just once without the need to replace something primal fed upon by the virus of faith gridlocked by the storm again she was only 17 salvation's just a cut away pull the trigger now... welcome to the underneath nothing viral drowning in the image of you lie in the arms these fables of blood & nicotine begin this souless sacrifice a wire machine that's built to fail rains down like disease rains down like hail down so long scars fall away welcome in... welcome to the underneath
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You are the god You are the everything You are the be all & the end all After this Another headtrip All this is evident We're not just playing now, this is serious fun I am blessed by fate to be scorned I am damned with faint praise Validate me, see if you can try Denigrate me, see if you can try Regenerate me, see if you can try It's not that hard now... I am blessed by fate to be scorned I am damned with faint praise Sing along Strung along It's an anthem for the dispossessed Sing along Strung along An issue that needs to be redressed I am blessed by fate to be scorned I am doomed by faint praise...
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These days of suffering & regret I know, you're insular in the extreme When 20/20 hindsight fails I know, you're insular in the extreme You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again & I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection To strike this ego-centric pose These days of suffering & regret It's a sin, I'm a fake, you knoe I'm a liar These days of suffering & regret You play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again To play the martyr once again & I'm thrown away... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) (I'm sorry now, that you come off as vain & stale) (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) I'm sorry now... Complex Relevance Frailty Resurrection Complex Elegance Fealty Resurrection I know you search for something else I know that this is not the end... (I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole) (that you are not as whole) (that you are not as whole...)

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collects the b-sides from the re:wired, valium whip & valium:toxicity EPs along with a few unreleased tracks.

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released April 5, 2013

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