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THE RISE AND FALL OF ROMEO GULTCH
THE RISE
I. The Birth of Romeo Gultch
My mother was opportunity
My father; the Morning Star
Although I am like him, I have her eyes…
II. A Boy’s Gotta Eat
I prefer the night
Cultivating shadows
Whet my appetite
Feasting on my sickening host
You won’t believe your eyes!
Too much in the light
Must create my own darkness
Don’t put up a fight
I’m a master of all this
Breathe in now as I bite
I’ll have you all in good time…
III. Target Acquired
I’ve picked you of all else out of a line
Though we’re joined, I made sure I took my time
To size you up, sus you out, to make you mine
We’re gonna have such good times!
Where we will go you won’t believe your eyes!
I’ve made a study of how you move in time
But research by itself just will not satisfy
What we will do you won’t believe your eyes!
IV. The Hostile Takeover
All of these shares are mine
51% of you
I own this space and time
49% won’t do
Redecorate in blood
Out with the old, in with new
No sense in fighting it
Do as I do unto you
How do I bend your mind?
To make you choose my new truth?
Just one step at a time
You’ll only see when you lose
Covered from head to toe
Redecorated in blood
No sense in fighting it
Take what I want from you
My goal’s achieved when I
Do as I do unto you
V. I’m Going Outside to Stalk Lenny and Carl
VI. Practice Makes Perfect
Now I’m in the zone!
Taking hold of this
Make you choose the wrath over the gold
Architect of death
Pull you down with me
I’m getting good at this, don’t you know!
Succumb to me
So succinctly
Deflate until my air you breathe!
VII. Relentless
I have a request
Be suitably impressed!
You go to work from 8 till 5 and go to bed like all the rest
But I never sleep at night
Never allow myself respite
My all is to diminish you complete!
VIII. The King of All I Survey
You are all but spent, I have won
THE FALL
IX. So, Tell Me, How Can I Kill Hope?
I – I want your hope to lie
I feel something uncomfortable
And feel you haven’t died
Wait! It’s supposed to be too late!
What selfish kind of host are you
That doesn’t fully break?
I’ve tried to take you into me
To make you think as I
But you still have the fight inside you
Just hurry up and die!
X. The Line is Drawn, The Teeth Are Set
XI. The Battle of the Inch
The more I see what I guess you’ll be
The less I think I know
You dig your heels and you come at me
Like I’m the one who’s low!
Succumb to me
Maybe you’ll be
The one that gets me in the end…
XII. Riding Unto Doom
I’m not so blind that I cannot see
My back against the wall
I will not die, not admit defeat
Can never truly fall
On shoulders, you stood above
My poison round your knees!
The only thing that can make me weak…
XIII. Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
It’s no fear!
You had help!?
How is that a fair fight?
While I pulled down
You looked up!
A strength I can’t deny…
XIV. Thus, I Die
Your mother’s faith was new to me
Your father was a star!
Although you are like him, you have her eyes
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The Rise [Single Edit]
05:16
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I prefer the night
Cultivating shadows
Whet my appetite
Feasting on my sickening host
You won’t believe your eyes!
Too much in the light
Must create my own darkness
Don’t put up a fight
I’m a master of all this
Breathe in now as I bite
I’ll have you all in good time…
I’ve picked you of all else out of a line
Though we’re joined, I made sure I took my time
To size you up, sus you out, to make you mine
We’re gonna have such good times!
Where we will go you won’t believe your eyes!
I’ve made a study of how you move in time
But research by itself just will not satisfy
What we will do you won’t believe your eyes!
All of these shares are mine
51% of you
I own this space and time
49% won’t do
Redecorate in blood
Out with the old, in with new
No sense in fighting it
Do as I do unto you
How do I bend your mind?
To make you choose my new truth?
Just one step at a time
You’ll only see when you lose
Covered from head to toe
Redecorated in blood
No sense in fighting it
Take what I want from you
My goal’s achieved when I
Do as I do unto you
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The Fall [Single Edit]
04:45
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I – I want your hope to lie
I feel something uncomfortable
And feel you haven’t died
Wait! It’s supposed to be too late!
What selfish kind of host are you
That doesn’t fully break?
I’ve tried to take you into me
To make you think as I
But you still have the fight inside you
Just hurry up and die!
The more I see what I guess you’ll be
The less I think I know
You dig your heels and you come at me
Like I’m the one who’s low!
Succumb to me
Maybe you’ll be
The one that gets me in the end…
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Impossible [Bonus Track]
03:13
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So impossible - what is happening to me?
Do you believe it? What is it that they see?
We walked relentless, a little bullish in deed
Became a question, and the answer was need
We started something -
A rush of blood -
What's more, we were free
In and out of love - its the thing that we do
Draw a line from here to there - I will follow for you
I recall so many moments, it is hard to begin
We always would lose, but never not win
Our special something
That is ours to own
Will be free
In the end, all afraid
In the space that's left between us, the choice that we've made
For what end, did we save?
Fill a gap that they created, or did we get paid?
I never forget all the moments - what's this that you say?
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The Call [Bonus Track]
02:56
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I am losing, losing the battle
A deadly opponent - how could I win?
I dismissed you as being easy
But overpowered, now it all sets in
No matter what I say to resist you
I am forced to watch your life
Knowing your power, you seek to tease me
Making me see you, my lip I bite
If I tell you of my mind
Do I think that you would mind?
Yes, of course I do
If I tempt you just to hear
It would be my cross to bear
Yes, it would
You know how much I like it
Mumble a dry line in hope of an edge
Why won't you entertain me?
'Cos you know you can make me stretch
All I want is one moment
I want to feel its not a game
Please could you succumb to me
Its my plea and I won't call you by name
When I had the chance
I forgot to show the dance
Now there's this
I can see it in your eyes
Before you refuse the prize
What to do?
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