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Root of all Evil

4:25Album Son Of Spergy 2025-10-24

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The world is falling apart at the seams, like a sweater after a bad wash - it looks the same, but it no longer holds its shape. A strange feeling is itching in my chest - somewhere between repentance and the urge for another sip of what destroys. It all sounds like a confession, said not in a church, but on a dance floor under neon lights, where saints and sinners stand in the same line for salvation. There's the pain of loss, and the temptation to stick your fingers in a socket again, just to feel alive. Sin, guilt, alcohol - it all intertwined into a single pulsating chord. And perhaps it's in this chaos that a strange happiness is hidden - the kind you'll definitely have to repent for later, but first you just want to dance.

Lyrics and translation

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What have I done?

What should I do?

Forces of evil pull me away from you.

I let 'em in, granted them entry.

Now that you're gone, nobody gets me.

Am I a man or a beast?

Somebody please discipline me, for I'm a sinner, a sinner.

I know I should stay away, but I can't.

I'm too drawn to the evil.

I know that I've gone astray, here I am.

So many pretty people.

Good of my heart, where will it lead?

It's only a door the people believe in.

If I take it back, what will I turn to?

Sin is a dress that I know you see through.

Am I a man or a mouse inside your house? Stuck, can't get out.

Sin is a weakness and you see it.

I know I should stay away, but I can't.

Oh, cleaving to evil.

I know that I've gone astray, here I am.

So many pretty people.

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