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Paying the Toll of Faith: Dead7's Haunting Reflection on Sacrifice
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Lyrics

Everybody wants to pray

There's a desire for spiritual solace or intervention.

Nobody wants to die

People avoid or fear death.

Everybody wants to pray

Reiteration of the desire for spiritual solace.

Nobody wants to

There's an interruption, possibly emphasizing avoidance or fear.

Shed tears for your love

Expressing sorrow or pain for someone's love.

Shed tears for the lie

Tears shed due to a falsehood or deception.

Everybody wants to pray

Repeated desire for spiritual solace.

Nobody wants to die

Reiteration of people's fear or avoidance of death.

Crushed

Feeling overwhelmed or oppressed by religious beliefs.

By the weight of faith

The pressure or burden of faith is intense.

The guillotine grins while it hungers

A reference to looming danger or consequences, symbolized by a guillotine.

Hell can lay in the wait

Conveying the idea that hell can manifest through anticipation or waiting.

Sick and deranged

Describing a state of being mentally disturbed and sick.

Numb to the pain

Numbness to emotional or physical suffering.

You wanted to change

Desire for personal transformation.

But you still want to stay the same

Despite the desire for change, there's reluctance to alter oneself.

Well

An interjection acknowledging a situation.

New blood always pays the same

Indicating that newcomers face the same fate or consequences.

Teeth in the dark and they know your name

Others are aware of your vulnerabilities and exploit them.

Dig the wound

Provoking emotional pain or distress.

Pay up pay up

A repetition emphasizing the need to settle a debt or face consequences, metaphorically described as digging a wound and paying up.

Pay up pay up

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Tears of gold on your face

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Got rich on misery

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Held you down into place

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Underneath underneath

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One hand on the holy book

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One foot in the grave

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Do you know what you're asking for

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Don't be afraid

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New blood always pays the same

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Teeth in the dark and they know your name

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Dig the wound

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Pay up pay up

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Pay up pay up

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New blood always pays the same

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Teeth in the dark and they know your name

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Dig the wound

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Pay up pay up

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Pay up pay up

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Who knows what they really want

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Who wants to change

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Speaking in tongues

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Not sure I want to stay

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One hand on the holy book

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One foot in the grave

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New blood always pays the same

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And everybody has to pay

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One hand on the holy book

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One foot in the grave

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Everybody wants to pray

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Nobody wants to

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Die

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New blood always pays the same

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Teeth in the dark and they know your name

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Dig the wound

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Pay up pay up

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Pay up pay up

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New blood always pays the same

-

Teeth in the dark and they know your name

-

Dig the wound

-

Pay up pay up

-

Pay up pay up

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New blood always pays the same

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Teeth in the dark and they know your name

-

Dig the wound

-

Pay up pay up

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Pay up pay up

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