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Grocers of Death

There are no prayers here

This is where the dead come to sleep

Get up of your knee now

Oh foresaken one

Colour the stars in black

Breathe in a breathe - make it last

Now we'll judge you for your worth

 

This is the death market

Where disease comes to purchase tokens

The grocers of death

With little smiling faces

Would you like to buy a soul?

How much for a pill box coffin

How much for a child's laugh

 

Heads stacked up like potatoes

Would you care to buy a few?

A penny for a sinner's lungs

Another for a broken heart

Hands turned up, ready and waiting

Dark magic, it does happen here

Deadly creatures come in weekly

A one stop shop to find despair

 

The thief that I was,

I stole their souls

Left with mouths gone inside out

These puppets on a string

I'll play with their hearts tonight

A sour note called out in madness

I am still the criminal

Disaster taps his feet and waits

He will have his way tonight

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Written by
clemence-huet
French
Published
Feb 7, 2012
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