Assassing
Marillion
1 1 2 2 1 1 I am the assassin with tongue forged from eloquence 2 2 I am the assassin providing your Nemesis On the sacrificial altar to success my friend Unleash a stranger from a kiss my friend No incantations of remorse my friend unsheathe the blade within the voice 1 My friend my friend my friend my friend 1 2 2 I am the assassin assassin assassin 1 Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 1 Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare 2 Who gouged the notches from the family tree 2 Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance Assassing assassing assassing assassing Listen to the blade Feel the blade 3 4 Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin’s fervour Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell The creed of tempered diction My friend your friend the assassin My friend your friend the assassin A friend in need is a friend that bleeds A friend in need is a friend that bleeds Let bitter silence infect the wound Let bitter silence infect the wound I am the assassin my friend I am the assassin my friend I am the assassin my friend I am assassin 2 2 1 You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 1 Parading a Hollywood conscience 2 You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 2 1 Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 1 2 2 A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector So you resign yourself to failure my friend And I emerge the chilling stranger my friend To eradicate the problem my friend Unsheathe the blade within the voice within the voice Within the voice within the voice And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway my friend? Measure 1: e-|--------| B-|--------| G-|---6--4-| D-|--6--4--| A-|-4--4---| E-|--------| Measure 2: e-|--------| B-|--------| G-|---4--2-| D-|--4--2--| A-|-2--2---| E-|--------| Measure 3: e-|-----------------------------------| B-|-----------------------------------| G-|---6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6-| D-|--6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6--| A-|-4--4-----2--2-----4--4-----6--6---| E-|-----------------------------------| Measure 4: e-|-------------| B-|-------------| G-|-------------| repeated as D-|-------------| necessary A-|-------------| E-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-|