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The Rotten Opera

by PUZZLE

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1.
Sightless now, from far reaching grin Volatile violin A welcome break in Legion of kingpin with fists to my chin Freak kingdom Where you can hide in the love Punched in the face by a boxing glove Sitting all alone with yourself void of Spit and you cuss But never dispose of (x2) Rough in the middle Soft around the edges Real handsome pledges Hundred mile mental fetches Never got the stick and now I’m hanging off the ledges Freak kingdom Where you can hide in the love Punched in the face by a boxing glove Sitting all alone with yourself void of Spit and you cuss But never dispose of (x2) Sometimes dread really spreads With enough spiritual bloodshed But life is a pimp that smacks me around Your a liar if you think you can stop it Surrender to the drift or keep flip flopping Freak kingdom Where you can hide in the love Punched in the face by a boxing glove Sitting all alone with yourself void of Spit and you cuss But never dispose of *the song of a bird, that has come to love it’s cage*
2.
Poison Oak 02:02
Poison oak sprout No drug, no drink, no smoke I’m south; the only way to get out Trudging through a spiritual drought Find the time or have yourself a fine time Get in line or hit your prime At a distance find an untroubled chime Emotional crammer, everything at one time Agonizing glamour, fall behind or I climb All that I can make out A blurry old fellow walking towards me in the rain Ticket straight to hell or you jump out of the plane The days are moving so fast Depressing perspective But attitudes remain vast By dime humans made stay harassed Concentrating on the forecast While heaps of life in the moment become the past All that I can make out A blurry old fellow walking towards me in the rain Ticket straight to hell or you jump out of the plane
3.
That’s a nice piece of bread. How much are you selling? How far have you tread? Better be aware Better watch your head Don’t wanna be around When the stain starts to spread The scattered remains Of former F I put em to rest, lock em in the chest I dispose of every pest By force I digest the Wild West Lately I’m on damage control I’m the clean up crew The therapeutic stroll But my disturbance is out on parole I know that bitch is coming back Crack an egg in the alley Chewing in the sewer Open up my lids and I’m not really on the skewer Like a corrupt castle in the air Got you testing out the fall or pulling out your hair (x2) That’s a nice piece of bread How much are you selling? How far have you tread? Better be aware Better watch your head Don’t wanna be around When the stain starts to spread Mother of god We’ve never met But tell me why my souls in debt I’ll listen close, display the threat I’ll make sure I never forget Penalty kill, I’m defending Body’s shattered, brain is bending I get power, like a generator Brawl through the tar and it makes me greater Crack an egg in the alley, chewing in the sewer Open up my lids and I’m not really on the skewer Like a corrupt castle in the air Got you testing out the fall or pulling out your hair (x2) This is my blasé opera Divine to my spine I got the best of both worlds A swan and a swine
4.
The Kiss 03:05
Maybe it’s the the way the wind gusts A fairytale covered in rust Disgusted by everything discussed A boiling hot pot of mistrust A bridge with a troll beneath, impersonating god A reflex caught within my essence Louder than applause Ballet of bitch twirling north to south on my spirit Adding weight I’ve never felt Choking on a seatbelt A refined and classic kick in the ass It’s the warlords kiss kiss on the forehead Busy brained liar with an eighth and a rewire A sip from the deep fryer Master justifier can't find the way home Rather be floating along the river through the fog Listen to the late night sound of the frogs No monologue, shut the fuck up Filled to the top, with pressure in my cup So much earth to find, not much room to dig Dig faster than an oil rig, dash so quick from the inner pig The city shrieks loud with an ear splitting call I’m on a wooden peg leg and I sunk the eight ball It’s the warlords kiss kiss on the forehead Busy brained liar with an eighth and a rewire A sip from the deep fryer Master justifier can't find the way home (x2) The party and the people getting older Mother land getting colder 100 pounds on my right shoulder Ugly in the eye of the beholder It’s the warlords kiss on the forehead
5.
Every day I play with fire Two dungeons deep I’m wrapped in barbed wire I’m in my worst attire Just a balancing act A personality ransack A personality ransack Only way to keep it alive is to kill it Plant a new seed, soon be contaminated Doing something right If you’re always being hated Blow it up big Just to watch it get deflated Nobody gives a fuck What your crying ass thinks Nothing in this world Is ever going to be in sync 10 years gone, before you get to blink Running through the grassland Or sinking in the stink I already heard the spiel Run from the wheel Way you conceal is unreal Cold as clay, cold like steel Personality ransack A psychic steal Only way to keep it alive is to kill it Plant a new seed, soon be contaminated Doing something right If you’re always being hated Blow it up big Just to watch it get deflated Nobody gives a fuck What your crying ass thinks Nothing in this world Is ever going to be in sync 10 years gone, before you get to blink Running through the grassland Or sinking in the stink
6.
(Puzzle) Sometimes I feel like an old peach tree Keep growing tall People picking at me Wanna taste what I got Yeah, they want a piece You race against time like a fucking Grand Prix (Slater) Yeah, like the damn Grand Prix Gotta keep my shit cool, people looking at me like Like the damn Grand Prix Gotta keep my shit dialed Not for you, but for me, yeah (Puzzle) All that I can control Is how I react to things How I attack the trouble Or I attract the peace Lift 100 geese Or I inject the grease No masterpiece, feel ache decrease (Slater) I don't really care, gotta tracker on my cell phone If I really wanted I could throw it to the o-zone It'll still mean nothing Because my roots show me I'm home grown Depression taking me there, I'm gonna take it back (Puzzle) Sometimes I feel like an old peach tree Keep growing tall People picking at me Wanna taste what I got Yeah, they want a piece You race against time like a fucking Grand Prix (Slater) Yeah, like the damn Grand Prix Gotta keep my shit cool, people looking at me like Like the damn Grand Prix Gotta keep my shit dialed Not for you, but for me, yeah (Puzzle) Race against time like .H.B.G Like the damn Grand Prix
7.
A fleeting sense of romance You used to take it when you had the chance Sulk in the prison for yourself created All the hurt and strain feels dated Choose to let the baggage way you down The type of thing you thought you hated Vomit on the canvas Take a moment to feel out emotional advancement A pat on the back for it Even through muck you can catch the light still flashing Catch the light still flashing Little birdy told me It ain’t door one, two or three Not a creature like a butterfly, you’re a fucking flea Walking with a cane, I got a hockey puck to my knee Swallow all the gorgeous And you can be the bird and the bee Pour you out a cup of tea You don’t really want to talk about it You’re afraid to see Life is a wooden pirate ship, I sailed the seven seas Celebrated game of survival It’s a living spree
8.
Tip My Hat 03:44
I just wanna rock with the beat Tip my hat to you, I take the high street Maybe it’s the chamber that I’m living in Neighbor told me things always fall off the shelf I know I heard a foot hit the ground Or maybe I’m affected by the sights and the sounds I felt boundless Only drove 30 mins down the road But they don’t make ‘em like they make em over here Im in the making, kicking cheer in high gear Need dark to keep a loud bark Leave a mark in a sea full of self proclaimed sharks Free and easy, don’t you like it that way I don’t want to fast forward to just another day Let the now sing to you Erase the sorrow away (x2) Cheap and easy, don’t you like it that way I don’t want to fast forward to just another day This floor beneath feels like it’s going to give way All moments left behind, always decay Make it glorious or make it full of hate I chicle away at my fate Regurgitation Barfed up and served to the nation I got off at the wrong station I think they want me to be a prick Turn out nice and they try and take advantage Here’s a fork and a knife so you can eat shit Half-wit leech sucking on my skin again Mindless dick driven lecher had to feel a bit of panic Another human acting manic I had his heart sinking like the titanic He ran the other way, I drove off laughing But it wasn’t that funny Sometimes when the moon shines bright it look sunny A little tough talk can turn a beast into a bunny Free and easy, don’t you like it that way I don’t want to fast forward to just another day This floor beneath feels like it’s going to give way All moments left behind, always decay Gripped by the greed i grew up in Large frown to a light grin Talk of the town to a has been A medieval sword or a safety pin A drive thru order from across the border Sacred interaction, turn off the recorder Cycle of mistrust, spinning off the thrust Dizzy from the lust
9.
Carve my fate from alabaster Blossoming, what I go after All your unimportant tactics Always end anticlimactic Scrape yourself off the hot Los Angeles ground If you’re not paralyzed by the sights You’ll be drowned by the sound You can taste the most exciting spice of this life But you will not remember if you’re twisting the knife If you’re twisting the knife Looking for a place to sit Hypocrite or half wit Take out my tongue, and put it in a basket I’d rather say nothing Always have to translate The sky sheds tears of oil Onto the mummified human engines That dry up from life’s toil You can taste the most exciting spice of this life But you will not remember if you’re twisting the knife If you’re twisting the knife A mirage and a pipe dream Your in disbelief when they make an update to the grand scheme A black rainbow, pot of mold at the end of it Doesn’t matter if your wit and grit take you out of it The future is moonlit A dim path leads the way If you’ve got the stomach to discover it
10.
Bargain for the graves that ancestors lie in Perpetual tax for a corner to die in Apply an outlook to help you feel unadventurous Or expire by the hand of the hammer that invented us Set adrift on a vessel That I don’t know the name of Can’t introduce myself Hunched over like a geezer Waste of time to decipher a deceiver An eager make believer Want to wash away and be immersed by the breeze To form thousand pieces A forever fate of deep releases Intimate with the fact that the heat of the next chronicle increases Giving up again Or giving birth to a twenty nine year old And being born again A forever fate of deep releases Intimate with the fact that the heat of the next chronicle increases Tip toe by, so the egg shells don’t crack You know what’ll happen if the wheels slip off the track Color of the water coming from the faucet, jet black I don’t know what the fuck you mean I’ll have to call you back Taller than a smokestack Point of view can help you sway the people But your out of wack Someone’s gonna get you good for doing all of that Set adrift on a vessel That I don’t know the name of Can’t introduce myself Hunched over like a geezer Waste of time to decipher a deceiver An eager make believer Want to wash away and be immersed by the breeze To form thousand pieces A forever fate of deep releases Intimate with the fact that the heat of the next chronicle increases Giving up again Or giving birth to a twenty nine year old And being born again A forever fate of deep releases Intimate with the fact that the heat of the next chronicle increases

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released January 5, 2023

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