Twilight Of A Champion-THE THE

[ti:Twilight Of A Champion] [ar:The The] [al:Infected] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Twilight Of A Champion - THE THE [00:17.11]The rising moon faces the sickening sun [00:20.75]As the lights in the tower blocks go on one by one [00:25.21]A big shot overlooking this black iron skyline-- [00:29.15]Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity-- [00:34.97]Sits back in his new leather chair [00:37.04]Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast [00:39.93]I'm smiling through my teeth [00:44.21]Anybody can be a millionaire [00:46.02]So everybody's gotta try [00:48.14]But by the laws of this human jungle [00:50.59]Only the heartless will survive [00:53.19]& down there--but for the grace of god [01:00.81]--go I [01:15.61]The smoke & the steam & the broken down dreams [01:19.27]The hope & the hunger frustration & anger [01:24.89]The little drunken lives -- [01:26.72]Driven' through the traffic lights [01:29.35]& away from who they are [01:33.42]But I've been thinking of you-- [01:37.80]In this great city of great solitude [01:41.95]Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination [01:52.31]Searchin' for the world I left behind [01:56.71]A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life [02:01.86]It's all I want--& all I miss-- [02:05.80]But how can I return to a place that don't exist [02:09.89]From Mombosa to Miami Beiruit to Bangladesh [02:29.52]I've flown around the world standing [02:30.70]On the wing of a jet [02:32.64]Tryin' to salvage my emotions [02:33.95]From the bottom of the oceans-- [02:46.56]Y'see I sold my soul to pay for my dinner [02:51.45]My stomach grew fatter but my heart grew thinner [02:55.52]I ain't foolin' I'm fallin' I wasn't wicked just weak [03:01.77]I ain't lyin' I'm dyin' crippled by deceit-- [03:10.99] [03:24.24]Oh the hand that wrote the agony [03:25.99]Has just begun-- [03:26.81]Will be the hand that pulls the trigger [03:46.72]--of this gun