SCHWARTZENEGGAR LYRICS

"Slice Of Life"

Life kicks in as the sun drips down
And shadows flick like knives
Over concrete wastelands strewn with glass -
Someone's paid the price.
The primal scream from the television screen says,
"You can have your hearts' desire
If you sell your soul for the ultimate goal
Where possession stands you higher
Than your friend or foe that you will never know,
But you've cursed their every move.
Through the paper-thin walls separating your lives -
There's not a pain to choose,
It's a wonderful world if you don't buckle under
And you don't go against the grain".
- In the fading light, if you're a little bit tight,
You can manage to ignore the pain
As life kicks in and survival begins
Through the trail of your tears
Oh, scream today, "I'm alive. I'm alive, I'm alive".

Wanting something more than anyone could give,
The message slips into the brain,
The vicious sedative
"Know your place and keep the faith,
And things will turn out fine".
- And the terms of endearment are simple enough:
"That's your and this is mine".
The horror of the world sits like infection in your cycs,
Clench the fingers, make a fist, find someone to despise
Walk against a tide of such injustice 'til it seems,
The only freedom you ever get
Is the one you touch in dreams.
And life kicks in and survival begins
Through the trail of your tears
Scream, "I'm alive, I'm alive"
- No good unless I'm drunk and useless when I am
And somebody said, "You must be a happy man,
'Cause you've got nothing to believe in...."

Top bulbs click on in front rooms
As curtains close for night
The slam of a door in domestic war
And the sheets are drawn up tight -
There's tenderness in those fingertips,
But horror in those eyes;
And the venom is passed from lip to lip
Secure behind disguise.
A touch of sensual pleasure twist
Like poison in the veins
The mouth smiles wide a hideous pride
And tastes the guilty stain.
The whispered reassurance
With the hand pressed to the heart
And a lost world moves behind the voice
As the fingernails press the palm.
And life kicks in and survival begins
Through the trail of your fears
Scream today, "I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive".

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