Plastic needles in my skin
Don't ask me what they're for
no clue, except for pain and shock
You tied me to the bed to mock

my eyelids kept wide open
so I can see all that you do
All this liquid in my eyes
come inside my world, friend, if you dare... the curse

It's cold, I shiver while I sweat
room without a glimpse of sunlight
my head is shaved, my body bruised
Can't feel my fingers, everything is numb... the curse

Your reality is twisted
It seems you just don't notice
that all you do to me
can never touch me mentally,

but you can do all this to me
It's not like it would matter
Much worse than, so much worse than that
I can't get you out of my head

Where is that strong human will now?
guess there are things you can't escape from...
I don't know, but something isn't right here...
I guess what you expect from me is fear... the curse

I stare....but there is nothing I can see
God knows, with only one hand I could...
your giggles reach me from next door
I wonder what is this all for? ... the curse

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Agujas de plástico en mi piel
No me preguntes para que están
Ni idea,
excepto para el dolor y el shock
Me has atado a la cama para burlarte
Mis párpados se mantienen bien abiertos
así que puedo ver todo lo que me haces
todo este líquido en mis ojos
Adentrate en mi mundo,
amigo,
si te atreves...
la maldición
Hace frío,
tiemblo mientras sudo
la habitación sin vistas o luz solar
mi cabeza está afeitada,
mi cuerpo magullado
No puedo sentir mis dedos,
todo está entumecido...
la maldición
Tu realidad está retorcida
parece que no te has enterado
de que todo lo que me haces
no puede nunca tocarme mentalmente,
pero puedes hacerme todo esto
no parece que esto me pudiera importar mucho peor que eso,
muchísimo peor que eso No puedo sacarte de mi cabeza.
¿Donde está esa fuerza de voluntad humana ahora?
supongo que hay cosas de las que no puedes escapar...
No lo sé,
pero algo no vá bien aquí...
Supongo que lo que esperas de mí es miedo...
la maldición
Miro fijamente,
pero no hay nada que pueda ver Dios sabe,
con una sola mano podría...
tu risa tonta me llega desde la casa de al lado!
¿Me asombro de que es todo esto?...
la maldición.

Plastic needles in my skin
Don't ask me what they're for
no clue, except for pain and shock
You tied me to the bed to mock

my eyelids kept wide open
so I can see all that you do
All this liquid in my eyes
come inside my world, friend, if you dare... the curse

It's cold, I shiver while I sweat
room without a glimpse of sunlight
my head is shaved, my body bruised
Can't feel my fingers, everything is numb... the curse

Your reality is twisted
It seems you just don't notice
that all you do to me
can never touch me mentally,

but you can do all this to me
It's not like it would matter
Much worse than, so much worse than that
I can't get you out of my head

Where is that strong human will now?
guess there are things you can't escape from...
I don't know, but something isn't right here...
I guess what you expect from me is fear... the curse

I stare....but there is nothing I can see
God knows, with only one hand I could...
your giggles reach me from next door
I wonder what is this all for? ... the curse

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Agujas de plástico en mi piel
No me preguntes para que están
Ni idea,
excepto para el dolor y el shock
Me has atado a la cama para burlarte
Mis párpados se mantienen bien abiertos
así que puedo ver todo lo que me haces
todo este líquido en mis ojos
Adentrate en mi mundo,
amigo,
si te atreves...
la maldición
Hace frío,
tiemblo mientras sudo
la habitación sin vistas o luz solar
mi cabeza está afeitada,
mi cuerpo magullado
No puedo sentir mis dedos,
todo está entumecido...
la maldición
Tu realidad está retorcida
parece que no te has enterado
de que todo lo que me haces
no puede nunca tocarme mentalmente,
pero puedes hacerme todo esto
no parece que esto me pudiera importar mucho peor que eso,
muchísimo peor que eso No puedo sacarte de mi cabeza.
¿Donde está esa fuerza de voluntad humana ahora?
supongo que hay cosas de las que no puedes escapar...
No lo sé,
pero algo no vá bien aquí...
Supongo que lo que esperas de mí es miedo...
la maldición
Miro fijamente,
pero no hay nada que pueda ver Dios sabe,
con una sola mano podría...
tu risa tonta me llega desde la casa de al lado!
¿Me asombro de que es todo esto?...
la maldición.

Give a prayer to the purse
Can a blessing really be a curse
Is it right, is it wrong, or is it even worse
Well I'll tell you for the prize you descend
But you don't know where the path will end
In the grave with the handle on the things you crave
Would it please you to say that I'm with you all the way
Well I can't and I won't 'cause it kills me just the same
In a cold, cold sweat I'm awakened by a plastic ring
It's the thought of a million person sonic fling
So you say what you say but it doesn't matter anyway
It's ok as long as you just stay away from me now
Only the rich die young

Young Gladys was a silky maiden
At thirteen, she was going strong, yeah.
Oh, Gladys.

Nicely filled out, fully laden,
But down below there was something wrong, yeah.
Oh, Gladys.

Nobody told her about the secrets
That ladies have to hide
Mom had no words to describe the things
That happened inside.
Need someone to help me,
I feel that there's a curse on me, oh.

Went down into the local disco,
For what used to be the one night, yeah,
Oh Gladys.

Felt a searching hand to frisk her,
Along the legs of the water line, yeah,
Oh Gladys.

Now Gladys knew she was in no condition
In no mood to play

I cracked a knee in her soft spot, nothing
Had got in her way.

I want no one to touch me,
I feel there's a curse on me, oh.

Directed down to the local drugstore
Got fixed up, now she's doing fine, yeah
Oh Gladys

Equipped with various kinds of apparatus
You know the feminine hygiene kind, yeah
Oh Gladys

Must have been a man to do these things
Who won her fall from grace
That day he programmed me
(That lady programmed me?)
You should have seen the smile on his face
He said ``You'll need someone to help you
When you feel like cursing me'', oh.

The curse is launched, beware
The Lord of Death declared the war
Satanas is invoked to destroy
And to command the bestial devastation

I left first
because I knew that this was cursed
Knew I never want to see you again

Left you hopeless, high, and dry, and
I moved on
because I thought that I was strong
I was thinking about myself
And since that day,
I just don't have too much to say
but the Lord has made me pay

All I think about is you and when I do I
cry, every night
cry, every night
cry, every night
cry, every night
It makes me wonder what I do

I left first
but then went back to make it work
but he gave his heart to someone new
and now I'm left to cry, and cry, and...

Help Me I Don't Know What I'm Doin'
Help Me Before I Fall To Ruin
And If I'm Blind, I Will Lead You On
Come Follow Me Now, Before Our Time Is Gone

And As You're Laughing At This Fool Tonight
Let Me Rid Myself Of Any Line
That I Might Choose To Trip You Up
And As I'm Howling At The Moonlight
Don't You Kid Yourself
I Will Be Your Luck And Never Be Your Curse
Never Be Your Curse

Help Me I Don't Know What I'm Saying
Sometimes This Tongue Can Be Betraying
And If I'm Wrong, Is That Such A Crime?
And If You Want, You Can Set My Words To Right

So As You're Laughing At This Fool Tonight
Let Me Rid Myself Of Any Line
That I Might Choose To Trip You Up
And As I'm Howling At The Moonlight
Don't You Kid Yourself
I Will Be Your Luck, Yeah

And If Your Eyes Forget To Well
And If Your Lies Forget To Tell
And If Our Paths Forget To Cross
It Doesn't Mean You're Lost

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So If You're Laughing At This Fool Tonight
Let Me Rid Myself Of Any Line
That I Might Choose To Trip You Up
And As I'm Howling At The Moonlight
Don't You Kid Yourself
Even At My Worst

As You're Laughing At This Fool Tonight
Let Me Rid Myself Of Any Line
That I Might Use To Trip You Up
And As I'm Howling At The Moonlight
Don't You Kid Yourself
I Will Be Your Luck
Even At My Worst
I Will Be Your Luck
Never Be Your Curse.

He opens his eyes
Falls in love at first sight
With the girl in the doorway
What beautiful lines
How full of life
After thousands of years
What a face to wake up to
He holds back a sigh
As she touches his arm
She dusts off the bed
Where ‘til now he’s been sleeping
Under miles of stone*
The dry fig of his heart
Under scarab and bones
Starts back to its beating

She carries him home
In a beautiful boat
He watches the sea
From a porthole in stowage
He can hear all she says
As she sits by his bed
And one day his lips answer her
In her own language
The days quickly pass
He loves making her laugh
The first time he moves
It’s her hair that he touches
She asks, “Are you cursed?”
He says, “I think that I’m cured.”
Then he talks of the Nile
And the girls in bulrushes**

In New York he is laid
In a glass-covered case
He pretends he is dead
People crowd ‘round to see him
But each night she comes ‘round
And the two wander down
The halls of the tomb
That she calls a museum
Often he stops to rest
And then less and less
Then it’s her that looks tired
Stayin’ up asking questions
He learns how to read
From the papers that she
Is writing about him
And he makes corrections
It’s his face on her book
More and more come to look
There’s families from Iowa
Upper-West-Siders
Then one day it’s too much
He decides to get up
And as chaos ensues
He walks outside to find her
She’s using a cane
And her face looks too pale
But she’s happy to see him
As they walk he supports her
She asks, “Are you cursed?”
But his answer’s obscured
In a sandstorm of flashbulbs,
Rowdy reporters

Such reanimation
The two tour the nation
He gets out of limos
He meets other women
He speaks of her fondly
Their nights in the museum
But she’s just one more rag
Now he’s dragging behind him
She stops going out
She just lies there in bed
In hotels in whatever
Towns they are speaking
Then her face starts to set
And her hands start to fold
And one day the dry fig
Of her heart stops its beating

Long ago on the ship
She asked, “Why pyramids?”
He said, “Think of them as
An immense invitation.”
She asked, “Are you cursed?”
He says, “I think that I’m cured.”
Then he kissed her then hoped
That she’d forget that question.

Marked for demolition, I'm
Just a time bomb ticking inside
No hope for the hopeless,
I can see the pieces are laid out in front of me

No point even asking why
Couldn't help even if you try
Step aside or you might just be the next contestant
To feel the brutality!

Devastation O-bliteration
Are all in a part of exacerbation
There's no explaining my
situation,
Now why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now,
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender,
I'll never be overcome!

Too dark for forgiveness, I
Can't seem to do anything right
When I try to rebuild I see my humble shelter
Just fall to the ground again

Object of an evil eye
No point to let anyone try
Take heed my friend lest you be torn asunder
Like all that's become of me

Decimation, Disintegration
All being a part of imagination,
There's no explaining my situation
Now why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now,
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender,
I'll never be overcome!

(solo)

I've held on too long just to let it go now,
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender,
I'll never be overcome!

I've held on too long just to let it go now,
Will my inner strength get me through it somehow
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender,
I'll never be overcome!